Comment 6 for bug 499742

Uday Reddy <email address hidden> writes:
> The reason vm-mime-show-alternatives arose can be understood from this
> thread:

very useful, and the problem they were having with converting
the html to text and then getting both is on issue I have.

> I am still wondering why you can't just view text/html and forget
> about the text/plain parts.

I think this is probably the best solution. A program that is
generating good multipart/alternative mail will generate better
text than lynx will, but a lot of times the text is junk.
This is certainly low priority compared to other things being
done. Feel free to close this bug.

thanks!
mark