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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Perhaps there should be a variable `gnus-digest-use-mime', defaulting
> to nil, which would allow the MIME-lovers among the Gnusers to send
> out all-cool all-MIME digests.

At some point in the future, perhaps, but I see no need to offer that
now.  As our experiments have shown us, MIME readers are so deficient
that sending out anything more complex than a multipart with one (1)
attachment is not a good idea.  I think if you send someone a MIME
digest, it's not unlikely that they will be completely unable to read
it without saving each and every part to a file first.

And for people who use Gnus, whether it's an RFC934 digest or a MIME
digest is kinda immaterial -- nndoc groks them both.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen