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Most people can't read the attachments when I attach multiple messages to a message

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 24878 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24878: Most people can't read the attachments when I attach multiple messages to a message
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:13:33 +0100

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> I would suggest that we provide an option that doesn't attempt to nest
> the attached messages in a "digest" MIME part.  These other MUAs can all
> handle email message attachments, but Gnus is making a very fancy
> package of them that is (roughly speaking) only compatible with Gnus
> itself.  I even think the more widely-readable attachment format should
> be the default.

Yes...  In the multiple-forwarded-message-case, Gnus could just append
them all separately as attachments without making a digest out of them.
But I don't know whether common mail readers would balk at that format,
too -- other mail readers don't seem to use MIME at all when forwarding
messages. 

Anybody else have an opinion/experience here?

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