Re: Bug in deleting attachments

[sigurd@12move.de (Karl Pflästerer)]

On  2 Mar 2004, Reiner Steib <- 4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de wrote:

> First, I have to admit that the code of `gnus-mime-delete-part' is
> more or less copied from `gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip' (see the
> FIXME).  In `gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip' ShengHuo added this check
> deliberately:

Maybe if someone has the time and the knowledge he could write one
function which incorporates the common code (maybe even
`gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip' could just call `gnus-mime-delete-part'
and do some additional work).

> ,----[ <news:2n664zyl41.fsf@zsh.cs.rochester.edu> ]
> | From: ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
> | Subject: Re: remove attachments
> | Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus
> | Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:27:42 -0500
> | Message-ID: <2n664zyl41.fsf@zsh.cs.rochester.edu>
> | 
> | Reiner Steib <4uce.02.r.steib@gmx.net> writes:
> | [...]
> | > Is it possible to strip a part that's inside a forwarded messsage
> | > (Content-Type: message/rfc822)? I'd like to strip the
> | > `application/msword' part from the following message (I get
> | > `gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip: This function is not implemented'):
> | 
> | I disabled this feature on messages with complicated MIME structures
> | because of some difficulties, such as locating the part, PGP or S/MIME
> | stuff, etc.  Anyway, you can always edit the message manually if the
> | back end supports it.
> `----

> But maybe we can change the error into a query like "Deleting parts in
> complicated MIME structures might not work.  Are you sure?"?

That would definitley be better; at the moment I feeled as Gnus wanted
to stultify me saying a function was not implemented which indeed
existed.

Perhaps ShengHuo could explain where the problems are and we could find
a solution.  Manually editing isn't a real alternative IMO (you
shouldn't have to be a hacker to be able to use Gnus).

 
   KP

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