On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:23:08 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 16:59:34 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:40:11 -0400 Jim Hyslop wrote: > > > > Hello Jim, > > > > > The info is there, your mail reader is just not displaying it. I > > > looked at the plain-text version of your message, and it's there. > > > > You're right. I'd not noticed this before, and had to "View message > > source" to see it at all. > > > > Why though, on this list, does the info get hidden, but on others, I > > can see it? > > > > Signed; Confused. > > If I remember correctly it goes something like this: > > - The problem is caused by messages with attachments. A detached GPG/PGP > signature is just the most common type of attachment on this list. > Messages with inline signatures (old style) should not suffer from > this. > > - The debian mailing list server appends the how-to-unsubscribe > information to the end of each messages as if the whole message were a > "flat" mail. This means that for a message with attachments the > appended part is "undefined" because it comes after the terminating > separator string and does not have a type definition. > > - The general confusion is increased by the fact that some MUAs do show > the undefined part while others interpret the relevant RFC more > strictly and suppress it. > > - The other lists that you mention might simply attach their text in an > RFC-compliant manner. > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | Thanks, Florian. Do I understand you correctly that Debian's lists are run in a non-RFC-compliant manner? I am shocked, shocked! Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
