Sharing a news story

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 01:11:23PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> The typical multipart posting has plain text (encoded) in one part and
> HTML (encoded) in the other part.  Usually the text contains all the
> information of the HTML version.
> 
> The sometimes-mangled TLUG footer clearly states:
> 
> So yes, there is something wrong with multipart MIME messages to TLUG :-)
> 
> I, for one, dislike HTML mail.  It doesn't work with my workflow.
> Most mail that I get that is HTML is SPAM, marketing, or drivel.

Oh certainly the HTML email is a waste of space and undesirable, but
the format of the multipart was correct.  It may violate policy of the
list, but did not violate any standards.  majordomo (or whatever is used)
on the other hand is breaking things and violating standards.

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Len Sorensen
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