[Mailman-Developers] multipart/alternative

[Jim Cole]

On Mar 10, 2004, at 4:55 PM, J C Lawrence wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:46:42 -0700
> Jim Cole <lists at yggdrasill.net> wrote:
>> On Mar 10, 2004, at 4:09 AM, Brad Knowles wrote:
>
>> I am trying to find a way to ensure that both parts make it through so
>> that people who prefer html in their mail still have the ability to
>> view it that way.
>
> No, for we've stated a way to do that: turn off filtering -- but you've
> said you want filtering, but not collapsing of multipart/alternative
> structures.  Rather than go back and forth, why not state exactly the
> behaviour you do want in regard to MIME types, and we'll see what if
> anything can be done to meet that.

I am sorry. I thought I was clear as to my intentions from the 
beginning. I am aware that turning off filtering will allow the 
multipart/alternative's to pass through without being collapsed. I 
stated that in my first message. However I would prefer not give up all 
of Mailman's filtering functionality in order to allow an HTML 
alternative to pass through the system. I was looking for a solution 
that provided me the level of control that I wanted over how things 
were filtered.

I guess what it really comes down to is that I am not satisfied with 
the fact that in the case of multipart/alternative the code arbitrarily 
strips content without regard to any particular filter settings. I 
would prefer that it filter out what I tell it to filter out and leave 
what I tell it to leave. That is not the current behavior. Unless there 
is a sound technical reason for taking such decisions away from the 
person managing a given mailing list, I would like to incorporate that 
functionality into the deployment that I am working on. Based on the 
replies I have received, it sounds like this is something that needs to 
be done at the source code level. If so, that is fine. I just wanted to 
get some feedback before I started messing with code that I am largely 
unfamiliar with.

Jim