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>>>>> On 22 Nov 1998 08:26:00 +0100, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> said:

Lars> The multipart/altenative only showed the text/enriched part, and
Lars> didn't indicate in any way that there were alternatives.  And it
Lars> didn't even render the text/enriched part correctly.  Very
Lars> interesting.

I think many mailers treat the alternative as "their choice" type of
actions, not "users choice".

IE, since the contents are all alternatives of each other, the mail
reader can pick the one it can display the prettiest and use it.

I didn't say its right, this is just what I suspect...

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