Same problem with Verity. Sent mail to them, and according to them the
<!--stuff-here-with-no-spaces--> is not a valid comment. I sent them mail
back asking for the version of Spec they are referring to, as I can't find
where it explicitly states that it is not valid.
Also I went through an modified the source of MHonArc and changed them to
<!-- stuff-here-with-spaces-at-the-ends -->
Seemed to fix the problem, and it appears that MHonArc is still parsing and
updating files correctly. Maybe someone can point out a problem with this
solution?
Matthew
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Subject: Re: MHonArc's <!--X --> fields at top of message
Hello.
> > MHonArc's notes to self at the top of output messages seem to be
> > confusing my Netscape Enterprise Server's search engine into throwing
> > away the body of the message. My guess is that it happens because the
> > <DOCTYPE> and <HTML> tags occur after the comments - how hard would it
> > be to move those two tags above the first set of comments, and has
> > anyone else reported such errors?
> Nobody else has reported such a problem, but I do not know if anyone
> else is using Netscape's indexing engine.
>
> You may want to do some test to verify that it is the <!--X-->
> comments that are causing problems. It maybe the doctype statement,
> or something else. To change the printing of the <!--X--> coments
> will require change to the code. It is perfectly legal HTML, and
> I would consider it a bug in Netscape's product if it cannot deal with
> it.
I have the same problem above, and I've heard that it's Netscape's
indexing engine bug. It says that the search engine doesn't work
with <!--X-abcde--> tags, and at least does work with <!-- X-abcde -->
tags. ^ ^
I know <!--X-abcde--> is legal HTML, but I need to get on well with
Netscape's indexing engine together...
Is it harmful for MHonArc to edit "mhamain.pl" to print
<!-- X-abcde --> instead of <!--X-abcde--> ?
I'm worried about the description below in MHonArc2.2.0/faq/msgpgs.html.
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What are those "<!--X-... -->"?
If you ever looked at the HTML source of converted messages,
you will notice a bunch of comment declarations, "<!--X-... -->".
These comment declarations are used by MHonArc to properly edit messages
when needed. Therefore, DO NOT MESS WITH THEM.
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Thank you.
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