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2014-08-07 10:39:52
jerrad wrote:
The RFCs that define MIME say that alternatives parts representing the
same content, e.g. text/plain, text/rtf, and text/html, shall be in the
email in order worst to best when judged by their ability to represent
the content.  This allows a user reading the email in an MUA that's not
MIME-capabable to come across the simplest format first, e.g. text/plain.

That's the theory, but many senders use a text/plain part akin to
"If you cannot read this, get a better MUA"

right.  i used to always prefer plaintext, but lately enough information
is lost that i find an "elinks -dump" often works better.  my mh "show"
wrapper now chooses whether to show text or html based on which folder
i'm in.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf(_at_)foxharp(_dot_)boston(_dot_)ma(_dot_)us (arlington, ma, 
where it's 71.2 degrees)

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