Re: Apple Mail Attachment Attaching

2009-05-13 Thread Peter Corlett
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:37:36PM +0100, Smylers wrote: [...] > The PDF is included as part of the HTML part! And since the two main parts > are labelled as being "alternative" representations of the same content, > if the recipient's mail reader is configured to prefer the plain text > version it

Re: Apple Mail Attachment Attaching

2009-05-13 Thread Benjamin Reed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Finch wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 2009, Benjamin Reed wrote: >> How about its complete disregard for IMAP subscriptions? > > To be fair, IMAP subscriptions are a misfeature. They were intended for > netnews-over-IMAP support, not for mail. Perhaps h

Re: Apple Mail Attachment Attaching

2009-05-13 Thread Smylers
Benjamin Reed writes: > Smylers wrote: > > > it's just that he uses Apple Mail, which mis-labelled the attachment > > in > > Ooh! Ooh! Mail.app hate! My favorite! Oh, I'd heard of "Mail.app" but I hadn't twigged that that was the same thing as the MUA which labelled itself as "Apple Mail" on

Re: Apple Mail Attachment Attaching

2009-05-13 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 13 May 2009, Benjamin Reed wrote: > > How about its complete disregard for IMAP subscriptions? To be fair, IMAP subscriptions are a misfeature. They were intended for netnews-over-IMAP support, not for mail. > My mail backup scripts automatically archive old mail into mailboxes > that I d

Re: Apple Mail Attachment Attaching

2009-05-13 Thread Benjamin Reed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Smylers wrote: > it's just that he uses Apple Mail, which mis-labelled the attachment in Ooh! Ooh! Mail.app hate! My favorite! How about its complete disregard for IMAP subscriptions? My mail backup scripts automatically archive old mail into ma

Apple Mail Attachment Attaching

2009-05-13 Thread Smylers
Fairly often people fully intend to attach a file to an e-mail message but then absentmindedly send it without doing. So it isn't particularly surprising to receive a message which promises an attachment which isn't there. But I end up looking a fool if I reply pointing this out and requesting t