Tickets :: Comment on [#9827] attachments are not shown for this message

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Comment	>> But I don't understand how they could display these as attachments? >> If they do they are going entirely against the wishes of the original >> sender. > > I disagree - they're going against the expressed intent of the > sender's client, which may or may not be what the person sending the > mail intended. > >> If I send a message to you that says that you shouldn't see any >> attachments if you can only view the text/plain part, then that's the >> way I want the message to be viewed by you. > > I feel like we're not serving our user well in that case though, > since a) that view of how the message should be viewed could have > been constructed by a buggy MUA, and b) even if it was the express > intent of the sender, it could be really frustrating to the receiver, > and the receiver is our user and who we should be serving imo. > > I feel like this whole area is a case of "be strict in what you omit > and liberal in what you accept". > >> Or else, what's the point of any of these MIME types? > > I imagine an email spec written today would be greatly simplified. So > ... possibly in real world usage, some of them don't have a point.
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