Re: please unsubscribe me

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mbourne wrote:
> mbourne wrote:
>> Gene Young wrote:
>>> On 10/25/2011 1:09 PM, M Henri Day wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, at least in this instance, it's not a function of the mail client -
>>>> the text simply hasn't been added to the html message part by the OOo
>>>> mail list gubbins.
>>>
>>> One problem with that theory. If you view the HTML message as plain
>>> text, the unsub rubric IS there, so it has obviously been added. Why it
>>> doesn't show with HTML rendering I'll leave to more learned people to
>>> puzzle out.
>>
>> The HTML and text versions are separate parts of a multi-part MIME
>> message. The unsubscribe info appears to be added to the first (text)
>> part of the message, but not subsequent alternative parts. If you set
>> the client to display as plain text, it probably displays the separate
>> plain text part rather than removing the formatting codes from the
>> HTML part. The solution is not as easy as simply adding the info to
>> every part, as other parts may be images or other attachments. It
>> should in theory be possible for the list software to work its way
>> though multipart/mixed and multipart/alternative content types,
>> working out which to add the info to, but that's not quite so simple...
>>
>> I wonder if a message sent as HTML-only (without a plain text
>> equivalent part) would have the unsubscribe info added...?
>>
>> Mark.
> And to test that theory (with apologies to those who despise HTML email
> on mailing lists) I think this should be sent as HTML-only, without a
> plain text part. Lets see if the unsubscribe info is added...
>
> Mark.

Oops... apologies for the noise. For some reason it appears my mail 
client converted that plain text only (no HTML) before sending.

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