[imp] does IMP decode MIME multipart E-mails ?

Henry Blackman h.blackman@chester.ac.uk
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:54:53 -0000


----- Original Message -----
From: "HAHN Nicolas" <n_hahn@yahoo.com>
> Simple question: does IMP decode MIME multipart E-mails ?

Yes.

> for example, when I write an E-mail with netscape and I decide to send
> it as text AND html, I see in IMP only the text part, not the HTML.

This is correct.

> If I decide to send the same E-mail only in HTML, IMP display it as a
> joined document I can download.

You need to edit your MIME settings so HTML attachments are displayed
inline.

<snip>

> For example, if I put my mouse on the lkeft arrow, after several
> seconds the message "previous page" appear. Here it is OK. But if I do
> the same thing on the right arrow somethins like "=something.gif
> alt='next page'><" is displayed. So, there is a problem in the format
> of the HTML tag, or in the way the page is constructed by IMP code or
> PHP (I have the last stable release version of php: 4.1.x).
> I think that normally, the code which should be is something like "<a
> href=something.gif alt='next page'></a>"
>

Assuming you are using IMP3, I am unable to replicate that here with the
tarballs.  Are you using tarballs or CVS?

Henry