[ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

[Steve Archer]

Aye, you're right RE clients...

And now I'm on Thunderbird and all is good... Dam the other rubbish...

Thanks for the explanation anyway.

Steve

William Anderson wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>   
>> Steve Archer wrote:
>>     
>>> Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive the 
>>> e-mail with no body, but it is instead an attachment?
>>>
>>> It's driving me nuts...
>>>
>>> Cheers, Steve
>>>   
>>>       
>> Strange, what e-mail client (or provider if it's webmail) are you using?
>>     
>
> Matt is using Evolution to send, Steve is using Windows Live Mail to
> receive.
>
>   
>> I find that by default Thunderbird will forward messages as an 
>> attachment rather than inline but I've not experienced it when reading 
>> messages on the list.
>>     
>
> It's not Thunderbird, or forwarding messages to a list ... it looks like
> Evolution is sending Matt's gpg-signed messages with the plain body text
> and gpg signature in separate mime enclosures.  Mailman then encloses
> *that* in its own mime enclosure, and adds the list footer in a separate
> attachment.  So Matt's original two attachments (the body text, the gnu
> signature) become attachments within an attachment!
>
> There's something to be said for just plain text :)
>
> -n
>
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