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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.

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   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen