From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/53811 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: sigurd@12move.de (Karl =?iso-8859-1?q?Pfl=E4sterer?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Ist multipart/mixed really correct? Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:51:04 +0200 Organization: Lemis World Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061762075 7630 80.91.224.253 (24 Aug 2003 21:54:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:54:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M2351@lists.math.uh.edu Sun Aug 24 23:54:33 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19r2oj-0006YK-00 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:54:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19r2oH-0003sR-00; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:54:05 -0500 Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com ([64.157.176.121]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 19r2o8-0003sI-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:53:57 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 98759 invoked by alias); 24 Aug 2003 21:53:56 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 98754 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2003 21:53:56 -0000 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (80.91.224.244) by sclp3.sclp.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 2003 21:53:56 -0000 Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19r2tL-0006gI-00 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:59:19 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: wintendo.pflaesterer.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 38 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p62.246.25.120.tisdip.tiscali.de Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1061762359 25685 62.246.25.120 (24 Aug 2003 21:59:19 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Aug 2003 21:59:19 GMT X-Face: #iIcL\6>Qj/G*F@AL9T*v/R$j@7Q`6#FU&Flg6u6aVsLdWf(H$U5>:;&*>oy>jOIWgA%8w* A!V7X`\fEGoQ[@D'@i^*p3FCC6&Rg~JT/H_*MOX;"o~flADb8^ Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:FPXCycFF+3FCHE0SkPUkEuy230g= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:53811 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:53811 On 24 Aug 2003, Jesper Harder <- harder@myrealbox.com wrote: > sigurd@12move.de (Karl Pflästerer) writes: >>> sigurd@12move.de (Karl Pflästerer) writes: >>>> Gnus declares the posting as multipart/mixed but according to rfc 2046 >>>> multipart/parallel seems to be the correct alternative. WDYT? >> I you have a posting with different charcter encodings which can't >> be unified you get multipart/mixed. > I don't think multipart/parallel is the correct type for this > circumstance. RFC 2046 says: > ,---- > | In particular, in a parallel entity, the order of body parts is > | not significant. > | > | A common presentation of this type is to display all of the parts > | simultaneously on hardware and software that are capable of doing > | so. > `---- > Clearly, the order of the parts _is_ significant in this case. We > wouldn't want all of the parts to be popped up in different windows as > the RFC suggests is a common way of representing > multipart/alternative. I think you are right. I will answer in the other group in that manner. KP -- He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought-- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. "Lewis Carroll" "Jabberwocky"