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>>>>> Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>:

> Then again, it can also be implemented in terms of plain MIME.  I'm
> not sure going through MML would offer any benefits.  Plain MIME
> _is_ a markup language,

I don't think message composers should be forced to deal with plain
MIME... 

> just not a very pretty one.

Exactly!  "Bug-ugly and unreadable" would be more accurate.