This may be a bug... Mailman is converting html messages to plain text even when set not to convert. And it is not an MUA issue. We just verified this using web-based Gmail on both ends.
Background (from past discussions on this list): Here is the question: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2007-December/059517.html > Mailman default setting is to converted all HTML to plain text; > however, our users would like to send out messages with text format. > We changed the Content Filtering settings to: > Should Mailman filter the content of list traffic: Yes > Remove message attachments that don't have a matching content type: > multipart/mixed, multipart/alternative, text/plain, html > Should Mailman convert text/html parts to plain text: No > > The list still removes the text format even with these settings. Am I > missing a setting? Mark Sapiro's answer: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2006-April/050753.html > No. There is nothing you can do in Mailman to do this because it is an > MUA issue, not a message format issue per se. The same thing should be > happening if you sent the same message directly to the recipient and > not through a list. > > This is why many people recommend that list mail be plain text only. > That is a format that all MUAs understand. We see different (incorrect?) behavior: To reproduce: 1. Turn content filtering on, but set plain text conversion to NO: Should Mailman convert text/html parts to plain text: No 2. Send html emails through the list using web-based gmail on each end. Expected result: Receive HTML when an HTML message is sent. Actual result: Plain text messages are received. HTML messages are converted to plain text by Mailman. I believe the next step shows it is not an MUA issue. Next step: 1. Turn content filtering OFF. No need to make any other changes. 2. Send html emails through the list using web-based gmail on each end. Expected result: Receive HTML when an HTML message is sent. Actual result: It works correctly now. HTML messages are not converted to plain text by Mailman. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
