On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 05:04:53PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:23:46 EDT, Todd Vierling said:
Which is just one of the reasons that the MIME type "multipart/alternative" exists. Sane MUAs that wish to send HTML also send a text/plain alternative segment in the same MIME stream.
Vernon Schreyer made a very good point years ago that multipart/alternative is fundementally busticated, because there's two options: ...
I have been seeing a lot of a third option: the text part is either empty, contains filler, or says [essentially], "Your mail reader is broken, get one that reads HTML." These are all just wrong. And no longer limited to SPAM or malware, lest someone suggest that. ...
In either case, sending both plain and html versions is boneheaded and wrong. :)
A case may be made that at least it's an attempt. Some MUAs will at least flag where they have had to elide content. Remember that not everybody communicates/learns in the same way. Some need the pretty pictures. Some need to avoid them, and stick to text. -- Joe Yao ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.