From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/43110 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Improper handling of some mime types Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:25:16 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035178257 15805 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:30:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:30:57 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 8353 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2002 17:59:23 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 14 Feb 2002 17:59:23 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16bQ9W-0008U5-00; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:58:38 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:58:36 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA13680 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:58:25 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 8335 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2002 17:58:21 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 8330 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2002 17:58:20 -0000 Original-Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de (129.217.4.42) by gnus.org with SMTP; 14 Feb 2002 17:58:20 -0000 Original-Received: from lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lothlorien [129.217.19.67]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id g1EHPLb11027 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:25:22 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lucy [129.217.19.80]) by lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de id SAA14769; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:25:16 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: by lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix, from userid 6104) id A39CB3ACFA; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:25:16 +0100 (CET) Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Kurt Swanson's message of "14 Feb 2002 08:57:09 -0800") Original-Lines: 49 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43110 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43110 Kurt Swanson writes: > So you're saying I essentially have to hit `K b' in every single > article I read just in case there's (by Gnus) hidden data, and then, > if there is an html version, choose that, and the click all buttons, > hoping one of them will do something useful for me? > To me this is a *serious* error. There are two mime parts in > message-id: tQCa8.5559$qt6.469306@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net in > the alt.binaries.pictures.orchid newsgroup. To put it simply, there > is part 1a, 1b, and 2; i.e. there are two versions of part one (they > share the same id code) and one part 2 (different id). Part two > should be recognized as separate (and equal?) and displayed, > regardless of the user's choice of a or b for part 1. The fact that > part 2's very existence can only be seen (and then handled poorly) > when part 1b is chosen can't be the desirable functionality here... > > Please go and check out this article yourself... I can't do that, for I can't find a server hosting that group. Sorry. (I tried Google, did I do something wrong there?) Whether Gnus is in error depends on the structure of the message. It could be like this (using pseudo-XML): It could also look like this: Your description sounds like the first variant, and then the Gnus rendering would be correct. kai -- ~/.signature is: umop 3p!sdn (Frank Nobis)