Order of headers in nnml files

Order of headers in nnml files

[Ian Soboroff]

Where is the order of the mail headers in an nnml file determined?

I've been playing a bit with Beagle
(http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/).  It uses the GNOME gnomevfs
utilities to identify the MIME types of files when it indexes them.

Gnus appears to stick an X-From-Line header at the beginning of the
file.  This throws off the MIME type detector.

Is there an easy way to put the X-From-Line later in the message?  I
figure it's easier to hack Gnus than GNOME... ;-)

Ian

Re: Order of headers in nnml files

[Karl Kleinpaste]

Ian Soboroff <ian.soboroff@nist.gov> writes:
> Where is the order of the mail headers in an nnml file determined?

Mostly, as delivered by the MTA.

> Gnus appears to stick an X-From-Line header at the beginning of the
> file.  This throws off the MIME type detector.
> Is there an easy way to put the X-From-Line later in the message?  I
> figure it's easier to hack Gnus than GNOME... ;-)

That's a pretty brittle facility you're using.

If this GNOME facility is tripped that easily, file a bug report or
give up on it.  The X-From-Line is modified in-place from the UNIX
From_ header ("From <space>") which always heads a mail message in
sendmail- or procmail-delivered mail messages.

--karl