also sprach Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.03.27.1743 +0100]:
>    Bodyparts can be designated `attachment' to indicate that they are
>    separate from the main body of the mail message, and that their
>    display should not be automatic, but contingent upon some further
>    action of the user.  The MUA might instead present the user of a
>    bitmap terminal with an iconic representation of the attachments, or,
>    on character terminals, with a list of attachments from which the
>    user could select for viewing or storage.

Are we talking about MUAs or browsers?

> BTW, the RFC is about MUAs, not browsers ; RFC 2616 is the relevant one,
> but is not really verbose, though it kind of implies the save as dialog
> should show up if content-type is application/octet-stream. OTOH, it
> doesn't say anything about other cases.

In this case, the content type is image/jpeg.

> It also says "Content-Disposition is not part of the HTTP
> standard, but since it is widely implemented"
> 
> All that to say I'm not really convinced this is a bug.

Right, and there is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260519, and
Safari, Konqueror, Epiphany, and Kazehakase all act the same. So
I won't push this further.

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