[imp] alternative.gif - what is it?

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Terry Davis <tdavis@approbation.org>:

> What does the alternative.gif type mean?  It is not attached to a mime
> attachment....is it a differently formatted email?  Like html vs txt vs
> realtext ?

It corresponds to multipart/alternative messages (as opposed to 
multipart/mixed, multipart/signed, etc.).

-chuck

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Subject: Re: [imp] alternative.gif - what is it?

Thank you for your reply.  Why would a user want to know that it is of
this type?  Just curious....also, how can I disable that icon?
Thank you again Chuck.


On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 15:26, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
> Quoting Terry Davis <tdavis@approbation.org>:
> 
> > What does the alternative.gif type mean?  It is not attached to a mime
> > attachment....is it a differently formatted email?  Like html vs txt vs
> > realtext ?
> 
> It corresponds to multipart/alternative messages (as opposed to 
> multipart/mixed, multipart/signed, etc.).
> 
> -chuck
> 
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> Charles Hagenbuch, <chuck@horde.org>
> "A dream which helps you to live your reality with dignity
>  and justice is a good dream." - Tariq Ramadan
> 
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