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Re[2]: parts washer?

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Subject: Re[2]: parts washer?
From: Richard Welty <rwelty@suespammers.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:23:36 -0500 (EST)
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:06:15 -0800 Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com> wrote:

> Actually, he sent HTML (or some MIME-encoded stuff) to the list,
> which appears to now be filtering through demime.
> Demime gets rid of MIME-encoded stuff in mail.
> 
> Mail to lists should be in ASCII, and running the list through
> demime ensures that.  Any MIME-encoded stuff gets thrown out.
> In this case, resulting in an empty message.

actually, demime is even nicer than that.

if there is a text/html segment, and there is no corresponding text/plain
segment, demime will reverse the "html-ization" and provide a plain text
conversion of the text/html section.

i guess that wasn't feasible for the message in question.

cheers,
  richard (big fan/user of demime for my own lists)
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Richard Welty
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rwelty@krusty-motorsports.com                                     518-573-7592

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