On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 18:29:24 -0500 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have found another problem with Sylpheed that I do not think has > been mentioned before: > > Sometimes, when I receive mail-list digests, some of the message will > display, but not all of it. I had tried Sylpheed long ago and had > come across this problem and written to the maintainer, then I forgot > about it until I tried it again when people on the list started > recommending it. The mail list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] is pretty active, try reposting this there. > This time, I managed to track down the cause, though not a solution > (although I know that a solution exists, since Netscape does not have > the problem). > > The digest in question sends the individual postings as attatchments > in a multi-part mime posting. In the headers is a line that says what > the dividing line between postings is. This digest uses a line of > dashes(28 dashes in the header line, to be precise). Any time that > someone divides a section of their posting by using a line of dashes, > as I often do myself, Sylpheed will take that as the end of the > posting and look for the next sections headers. When it does not find > the headers it gives up and decides that it must be at the end of the > entire e-mail. I noticed the problem quickly, this time, because the > first poster used a line of dashes in his posting and there were about > 20 posts in the digest. Only the first one shows up. > > Everything is present in the posting, however. If I edit the line of > dashes in the first posting to start with any other character then the > rest of the message, with all of the attatchments, shows up in > Sylpheed. Obviously, using a more complex, and less likely to be used > by accident, section divider would mostly eliminate this problem from > the standpoint of a particular digest, but the mailer should be able > to prevent the problem. I do not know how to prevent this, but I know > that it can be done, since Netscape shows all of the postings from all > of my digests. This is why I am still using Netscape. Bloated though > it may be, it does the job correctly. > > Does anyone know of any way to prevent this problem in Sylpheed? > > -- > Marc Shapiro "If you drink melomel every day, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] you will live to be 150 years > old, Please visit "The Meadery" at: unless your wife shoots > you." http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_shapiro/ -- Dr. Ferenc Androczi, > winemaker, > Little Hungary Farm Winery > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shawn Lamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
