Re: [Evolution] HTML mail

[Jason A Miller <jmiller chipnet dyndns org>]

On Sat, 22 May 2004, Eric Schaefer wrote:
> So why would you want to send the plaintext along with the html anyways?
>
> I dont think there is a RFC that deals with overriding user preferences
> for mail display (mail encoding is another chapter). If I want all my
> mail displayed as rot39 encoded plaintext, blue text on red background,
> the MUA ought to display it that way.
You're absolutely right, it should (and does). However, there is a "clause"
in the RFC that says that if a message was sent with both and the MUA doesn't
know which one to display, it should prefer HTML. In other words, _if_ the user
hasn't selected to prefer one or the other, HTML is the default. Just thought
I'd throw that in for clarification.


--- J A Miller (Linuxdevr)
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