Re: please unsubscribe me

+mbourne wrote:
> Mike Scott wrote:
>> On 25/10/11 18:34, [email protected] 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
>>
>> Which is what I tried to show.
>>
>>> message. The unsubscribe info appears to be added to the first (text)
>>> part of the message, but not subsequent alternative parts. If you set
>>
>> yes.
>>
>>> the client to display as plain text, it probably displays the separate
>>> plain text part rather than removing the formatting codes from the HTML
>>
>> which is what the plain text is for.
>>
>>> 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 suspect in general impossible.
>>
>> However, an over-clever MUA just /might/ take the signature from the
>> plain text and tag it onto on the html. But that's just a shot in the
>> dark.
>>
>>>
>>> I wonder if a message sent as HTML-only (without a plain text equivalent
>>> part) would have the unsubscribe info added...?
>>
>> I'm not sure TB can send html-only emails, or I'd give it a whirl.
>> (And I see your MUA, Mark, isn't plain sailing either :-) )
> SeaMonkey has an option for "Rich Text (HTML) Only" format which I'm
> sure I selected just now, but the copy in my sent folder was plain-text
> only so I suspect finger trouble. I've just checked it with several
> emails to myself, and all have come out as HTML only. This one
> definitely has HTML-only selected, so if it comes out as plain text
> again there must be something else going on...

Well that one worked, as did Larry's I see, and neither have had the 
unsubscribe info added on. I guess it must only be added to the 
text/plain part, if one exists.
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