#3692: multipart/alternative messages don't display other attachments in body
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Reporter: ondrejj | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: 1.6
Component: mutt | Version: 1.5.23
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by kevin8t8):
Mutt isn't preferring html over text. It is preferring multipart/mixed
over text. When you view a "normal" multipart/alternative message like:
{{{
[multipart/alternative]
-> [text/plain]
-> [text/html]
[application/pdf]
}}}
mutt *will* choose the text/plain over the text/html. Since the PDF is
outside the multipart/alternative, mutt will also always list the PDF
attachment.
But when the sending email client is braindead and sends this:
{{{
[multipart/alternative]
-> [text/plain]
-> [multipart/mixed]
-> [text/html]
-> [application/pdf]
}}}
then mutt will choose the multipart/mixed so that you can see the
application/pdf attachment. Again, this is not mutt's fault. The sending
client is putting the pdf in the wrong place. The suggested
alternative_order at least allows you to see the attachments that are
bundled inside the html alternative. There is no way to view the
text/plain and at the same time see the application/pdf.
The only other thing you could do is create a couple macros to toggle
between text mode and multipart mode. Something like:
{{{
macro pager ,A "<enter-command>unalternative_order *<enter><enter-
command>alternative_order multipart/mixed multipart/related
text/plain<enter><exit><display-message>"
macro pager ,B "<enter-command>unalternative_order *<enter><enter-
command>alternative_order text/plain<enter><exit><display-message>"
}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3692#comment:6>
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