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

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DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT MONITORED.

Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/9827
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  Ticket             | 9827
  Updated By         | Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>
  Summary            | attachments are not shown for this message
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Unconfirmed
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org> (2011-04-11 04:37) wrote:

> 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.