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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: MML multipart tag -- what does it do?
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:57:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hev7kl7r.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ilu1ymriwv1.fsf@barbar.josefsson.org>

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> OTTH I agree it's a step away from having the MML structure closely
> match the MIME structure, and that might be bad.  But Gnus already
> creates MIME parts implicitely (by leaving out a top-level
> <multipart>, or simply using two different and non-unifiable character
> sets in one part) so the rule is already broken, and I think it's for
> the better.

I think the current way makes lots more sense.  MML doesn't have to
mirror the MIME structure -- it just has to express the user's wishes,
and Gnus then generates MIME that fulfills those wishes.  Users
shouldn't concern themselves with what MIME is actually generated.

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


      parent reply	other threads:[~2001-08-17 10:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-03 16:44 Kai Großjohann
2001-08-03 17:35 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-03 18:16   ` ShengHuo ZHU
2001-08-03 17:52 ` ShengHuo ZHU
2001-08-03 19:21   ` Kai Großjohann
2001-08-03 21:05     ` Nuutti Kotivuori
2001-08-04 15:42       ` Florian Weimer
2001-08-04 17:00         ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-05 16:06           ` Florian Weimer
2001-08-05 19:54             ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-17 10:57           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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