[dev] Forwarding of 'multipart/alternative' broken?

Marc Jauvin marc at register4less.com
Thu Sep 18 12:21:03 PDT 2003


Hmmm, found another bug I cannot explain... I sent the previous message 4 times
to the list... the first 3 times, I added my reply AFTER Michael's text, and MY
reply was missing from the email...

Anyone has seen a similar behavior?

Thanks.


Marc Jauvin <marc at register4less.com> wrote:

>
> OK, I have tested it, and it apparently works for SOME emails, not for
> others...
> I'll "bounce/redirect" an email to you that breaks the forwarding, let me
> know
> what you find out.
>
> P.S. The email will have "Recette de Rapinis pour M-Josée !" in the Subject
> line.
>
>
> Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu> wrote:
>
> > Quoting Marc Jauvin <marc at register4less.com>:
> >
> > | If I receive an email of type: "Content-Type: multipart/alternative;"
> > | with both a 'text/plain' & 'text/html' attachment, and I try to forward
> > | that to someone else, I get a REALLY wierd result:
> > |
> > | - My sent folder contains a message of type "Content-Type:
> > | multipart/mixed;"
> > | and two attachments (one text/plain, one text/html) which seem valid and
> > | can be displayed.
> > |
> > | - The recipient get an email of type "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;"
> > | containing
> > | only ONE attachment of type text/plain whose content is cut to maybe 10%
> > | of the original attachment. Even the boundary delimiter cannot be
> found...
> >
> > Wow, I'm behind on my mail...
> >
> > Anyway, I can't reproduce this with HEAD.  When I forward a
> > multipart/alternative message the text of the text/plain part is inserted
> > into the body of the forwarded message, and the text/html part is attached
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