robert said: > Seth Randall wrote: >>>>>> My guess would be that they're sending HTML mail only with no >>>>>> text/plain part and you have the Display Option "Show HTML >>>>>> Version by >>>>>> Default" set >>>>>> to no. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Not always. Using 1.4.2 with html version shown by default, here >>>>> are some recent headers -- *Content-Type:* text/html; >>>>> charset=us-ascii >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> What do you mean not always? This email is exactly what Marc >>>> guessed -- html only. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Mark's guess was a 2 parter -- html-only, *and* show html default >>> set to no. >>> >>> Actually Ean hammered it, and nailed the answer -- "SM requires the >>> 'MIME-Version: 1.0' header" >>> >>> >>> >>> That's good to know and I appreciate it. I have not been putting this >>> header into PHP generated mail, and never knew there was a problem >>> 'till I >>> got to playing with the squirrel. I guess I'll add this header to any >>> future PHP generated email. >>> >>> >>> >> >> It's worth noting, the MIME-Version restriction isn't so much >> SquirrelMail as some IMAP servers. Some will say a message is >> plain/text if there's no MIME-Version, others don't care. SquirrelMail >> trusts the IMAP server, mostly because it's a great deal faster. The >> View as HTML plugin will look at the Content-Type regardless if that >> helps anyone. >> >> Seth. >> >> >> > This topic isn't worth too much space, but it is interesting, and > getting things right is worthwhile. However, my IMAP server never changes > (courier). Mozilla and Outlook both snag mail from the IMAP > server, both render PHP generated mail fine as html mail. The only one that > does not is the squirrel. The squirrel wouldn't do it even though the > Content-Type was correct. What made the squirrel wake up was adding > the MIME-Version: 1.0 to the headers in my PHP script. That was the only > change that was made, and it worked, and made the squirrel read the email > as type text/html. I don't know if it's a good thing or a not so good > thing, but the squirrel will not render messages as html without this > header. Other clients will, and it has got nothing to do with my courier > IMAP server. At least, that's how I interpret the results. > > > Thanks! > Robert
That's because most other email clients parse the headers themselves instead of relying on the IMAP server's interpretation of the message structure. Unfortunately, it's a great deal slower for SquirrelMail to do it, so we use the IMAP server's response instead. Seth. -- Seth Randall IT Support Specialist Missoula Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
