[plug] Mail message formats (was Re: [plug] Trace files)

[Bret Busby]

Robert Andrews wrote:
> 
>    Part 1.1    Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
>            Encoding: quoted-printable

The above, is how I received the message, with the attachment being the
text of the message.

Viewing the full header, gives:
"From:                   "Robert Andrews" <squirrel at emerge.net.au>
               To:                   "Perth Linux Group"
<plug at plug.linux.org.au>
             Date:                   Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:10:47 +0800
     MIME-Version:                   1.0
      Content-Type:                   multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01C062A2.3A7453A0"
         X-Priority:                   3
  X-MSMail-Priority:                   Normal
          X-Mailer:                   Microsoft Outlook Express
5.50.4133.2400
       X-MimeOLE:                   Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE
V5.50.4133.2400"

I am using Netscape, running on Linux, and, I get a number of emails
that appear like this.

I configured Netscape to not "View Attachments Inline", to avoid
anything nasty happening, should I get a virulent email.

Is the reason for the text of such messages displaying as attachments,
to do with MIME, or, as, when I have checked the full headers, the
messages are apparently all from Outlook Express, is it some Outlook
Express thing?

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Bret Busby

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