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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 06 2004, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using the value t for the gnus-article-loose-mime variable
>>> and I can see those articles correctly.
>>
>> Thanks.  I should have checked the Fine Manual for `MIME-Version'. ;-)
>>
>> ,----[ (info "(gnus)MIME Commands") ]
>> | `gnus-article-loose-mime'
>> |      If non-`nil', Gnus won't require the `MIME-Version' header before
>> |      interpreting the message as a MIME message.  This helps when
>> |      reading messages from certain broken mail user agents.  The
>> |      default is `nil'.
>> `----
>
> What harm would there be if the default for this variable was `t'?

And why would anyone set it to nil?  

Maybe Gnus could do with one less variable, and obey the "be liberal in
what you accept" maxim.