The problem may be related to the particular construction of the message. metamail -w works sometimes. The message that caused the problem contains some information which is private so I cannot forward the message. Below I will give the mime structure. I omitted some "empty" html pages but left the boundary. I suppose the message could be noncompliant but I don't know the standards. (Note my received mail (exmh) always has -- before boundaries.) These lines are copied directly from the file for the message. (mh style folders)
Dale Alspach Headers: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-12--176767869 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) First boundary: --Apple-Mail-12--176767869 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed Second boundary: --Apple-Mail-12--176767869 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=Apple-Mail-13--176767868 --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pdf; x-unix-mode=0644; name=1-Martinez_CL_Oklahoma.pdf Content-Disposition: inline; filename=1-Martinez_CL_Oklahoma.pdf --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pdf; x-unix-mode=0644; name=2-Martinez_CV_Oklahoma.pdf Content-Disposition: inline; filename=2-Martinez_CV_Oklahoma.pdf --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pdf; x-mac-type=50444620; x-unix-mode=0644; x-mac-creator=70727677; name=3-Martinez_ResearchStatement_Oklahoma.pdf Content-Disposition: inline; filename=3-Martinez_ResearchStatement_Oklahoma.pdf --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span></span><span></span></body></html> --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pdf; x-unix-mode=0644; name=4-Martinez_Teaching Statement_Oklahoma.pdf Content-Disposition: inline; filename="4-Martinez_Teaching Statement_Oklahoma.pdf" --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-string-attachment"><span></span></span></body></html> --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pdf; x-unix-mode=0644; name=5-Martinez_PublicationList_Oklahoma.pdf Content-Disposition: inline; filename=5-Martinez_PublicationList_Oklahoma.pdf --Apple-Mail-13--176767868 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 --Apple-Mail-13--176767868-- --Apple-Mail-12--176767869-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]