Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:18:42 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Slightly broken MIME attachments in the linux-kernel-digest |
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I receive linux-kernel-digest, rather than linux-kernel, in an attempt to save on phone bills.
I've noticed that some people post MIME file attachments occasionally. Though Linus has complained about these in the past, I find my mailreader (Mutt) works well with these.
Unfortunately, the digest generator discards Content-Type: headers, which results in a MIME message not being decoded as such. (The generator is supposed to discard just about all the headers).
For messages without attachments, this is probably a good idea, to keep the size of the digest down. However when an attachment is involved (clue: the message has a MIME type of multipart/*), it'd be nice if the original Content-Type: header was included. This isn't trivial (i.e. reliable) to regenerate (with procmail), because of the "boundary=..." text which is different for each message.
Anyone know who to ask to request this?
Ta, -- Jamie
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