Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, Aug 04 2006, Leon wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> On Thu, Aug 03 2006, Leon wrote:
>>>> Actually I just met one such email. Gnus didn't show any attachment in
>>>> article buffer, but thunderbird did. 
>>>
>>> What is the value of the Content-Type header of this mail?  E.g. if
>>> someone sends[1] a PDF or an image without any accompanying text, you
>>> might get application/pdf or image/jpeg.
>>>
>>
>> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1171174969=="
>
> Then Gnus should show the indicator.  See my other reply WRT overview
> vs. mail header: <news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
>
>> I have also tried to send an email with only a pdf file. Thunderbird
>> failed to show the 'paperclip' icon before reading the email. After I
>> open the email, the icon is back.
>
> Is it still available the next time (after restarting Thunderbird)
> _before_ you open the mail?

Yes.

>
>>>> Is there any standard way of testing if an email has attachment?
>>>
>>> First you need to define the term "attachment" properly.
>>>
>> A lot of other email clients will show a `paperclip' icon for emails
>> that have `attachment'. I'm looking for a similar behavior in gnus.
>
> Yes, but I don't have the time to investigate what these other email
> client do and how they define "attachment".
>

Thanks, Reiner. I can live with it.

>>> Footnotes: 
>>> [1]  E.g.: mutt -s "this is the image" -a foo.jpg < /dev/null
>
> mutt -s "this is the image" -a foo.jpg [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
>
> Bye, Reiner.

-- 
Leon



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