On 05/12/2014 01:25 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > How about multipart/alternative: > > message header > multipart/alternative > > part header > message/rfc822 # original message in all its glory > > part header > <traditional cooked list message>
Interesting idea, but I think the part order is reversed. The simplest, most universally readable part is supposed to be first with parts of increasing complexity coming later. > > Perhaps a new Content-Type such as message/wrapped > > AFAICS this is completely unnecessary? > > message header > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > original message header > original message body # or cooked if you prefer Which is essentially what the Wrap Message action does now. > Then amend the existing MIME RFCs to say that MUAs SHOULD (MAY?) > simply display the original message in some appropriate way. No? I really wonder if that would help. Section 5.2 of RFC 2046 doesn't say exactly that, but it does contain this note: NOTE: It has been suggested that subtypes of "message" might be defined for forwarded or rejected messages. However, forwarded and rejected messages can be handled as multipart messages in which the first part contains any control or descriptive information, and a second part, of type "message/rfc822", is the forwarded or rejected message. Composing rejection and forwarding messages in this manner will preserve the type information on the original message and allow it to be correctly presented to the recipient, and hence is strongly encouraged. A couple of things are significant in that. It basically agrees with Stephen that message/wrapped is unnecessary, but it also says the message/rfc822 type "will preserve the type information on the original message and allow it to be correctly presented to the recipient". While this doesn't explicitly say MUAs SHOULD or MAY simply display the original message in some appropriate way, it certainly conveys that sentiment to me, yet here we are over 17 years later with apparently some mainstream MUAs that don't do that. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org