On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 at 17:41, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
On Mon, 19 Feb 2024, Olaf Skibbe wrote:
On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 at 11:21, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
When a message is exported through the web, the default is to
export certain parts but not all. In theory the full message could
be exported, but the default is to export a part of it. What I mean
is that when you open the message to read it the client has a
choice, they can either pick the html part (default) or the
text/plain part. The latter has to be requested explicitly. You
could get both, but that would be slow, or you could request the
full message (even slower), so guess what the Outlook interface is
doing: Picking up the default, that is the HTML part.
Yes, I understand this. But I assume there is more to it. There are
many clients which can be defaulted to show the HTML part.
That is not what I said. In the IMAP protocol the client is given a
full description of the message. In the POP protocol the client is
given the full message. In OWA the client has no idea about the
structure of the message in regards to alternative parts.
Sorry, I probably was not clear. I just wanted to add, that the behavior
of Outlook is not consistent in the way that it does not always pick
only the HTML part. But I think you made everything clear.
I just tried to explain to you how OWA works. It is more involved than
the explanation I gave you. Different situations lead to different
results, but for the situation you presented I gave you the
explanation. I hope that helps you a bit.
Yes, it did, thank you.
Cheers,
Olaf
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