13 Jan
2019
13 Jan
'19
3:21 p.m.
On 13/01/2019 21:11, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
Back when we were designing MIME, somebody (Vernon Schryver?) stated that multipart/alternative with text/plain and text/html was *always* incorrect.
-_-
If the two parts are semantically equal, then one is superfluous and doesn't need to be sent. (Remember bandwidth costs in 1992...)
I can imagine.
If the two parts aren't semantically equal, then one part is deficient at best and actively misleading at worst, and should not be sent.
In 2019 I would hope this are not the case. Cause Cheap Bandwidth compared to the 90'ies. Still not always the case. Sadly. :/ -Christoffer