commit list attachments (was Re: [mythtv] Delaying 0.18 slightly...)

[Tom Lichti]

David George wrote:
> On 4/12/2005 6:49 AM, Buechler, Mark R wrote:
> 
>> I read my email in Outlook. Every commit shows up as an attachment 
>> which is
>> empty. I have to go to great lengths to read each one. I suppose I 
>> need to
>> look into it further.
>>  
>>
> Normally I would say use a real email client, but I decided to look into 
> this and see why.  What I found was on the commits list the messages are 
> sent as multipart-mixed, but the first part doesn't have a Content-type 
> (or any header information for that matter).
> 
> It just appears that some email clients are more forgiving than others 
> and assume if there are no headers in a part it must be plain text.  Any 
> chance you are using the Outlook Express in IE 5.5?
> 

I have the same problem, using the latest build of Thunderbird. I can 
view source by hitting CTRL-U, so it's not a HUGE problem, but it is 
annoying. Is Thunderbird not considered a REAL email client? :)

Tom