Comment 18 for bug 732943

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Uday Reddy <email address hidden> wrote:

> Tim Cross writes:
>
> > Uday,
> >
> > I think John's comments summed up things better then my attempt. However,
> > note that there are two issues here for me. I can get use to the new
> > behavior or rebind the key. However, there is also an issue with the MIME
> > part VM is selecting to send as plain text which may need improvements as
> > well.
>
> As I mentioned in my response to John, it does look like
> `vm-forwarding-digest-type' should be respected by `vm-forward-message'.
>
> OK, makes sense and certainly worth trying.

> As for the calendar issues, can you open a new bug report and attach the
> message that you would like to forward?
>
> Yep, will do.

> (There are some anomalies with the `text/calendar' MIME type because it is
> inconsistent. text types are meant to be displayed to the user but
> `text/calendar' is meant to be processed by a program. It should have
> really
> been named `applicationc/calendar'.)
>

I guess it depends on how you interpret the mime types. The content is just
'text' and it could be argued that using text/calendar means that clients
can, if they want, include a formatter for that mime type that could improve
the content presentation or they can just display 'as is'. In general,
application/* types are more likely to have binary or non-printable content
and would need some additional processing to display.

>
> As for Google producing bad `text/plain' content, please do complain to
> them
> if there is a way to do so!
>
> Google is working correctly based on what we send it. The issue is that we
are forwarding the text/calendar part as text/plain.

> Cheers,
> Uday
>
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> Title:
> example of problem when forwarding non regular-text mail
>
> Status in VM (View Mail) for Emacs:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> try forwarding this to gmail, for example. it wont open properly
> there...
>
> X-Mozilla-Status: 1001
> X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> X-Mailer: N/A
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
> X-Source-IP: yy.rc.tt.xx.xx [140.99]
> X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A020202.4D75CE79.00C0,ss=1,fgs=0
> X-Spam-Score: 0.00%
> Return-Path: <email address hidden>
> Received-SPF: SoftFail (HUB00.vvv.xx.xx: domain of transitioning
> <email address hidden> discourages use of 10.99 as
> permitted sender)
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Your Extended Service Plan Details
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 06:34:52 +0000
>
> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html;
> charset=3Dus-ascii"=
> ><p>Dear Valued Customer,</p><p>Thank you for your recent Extended Service
> Plan purchase at Yy Style. Your decision to protect your investment is a
> wise one that will ensure long-term peace of mind and the assurance of
> continued enjoyment from your product purchase.<p><p><a href=3D"
> http://www.=
> xx">Click
> here</a> for your official Terms and Conditions of your service
> agreement.=
> =20
> This document can be saved or printed for your permanent records and
> contains all coverage details and instructions should you need service.
> If
> you need service or have any questions surrounding your Extended Service
> Plan, please call the toll free number printed on the first page.<p><p>We
> look forward to serving you.<p><p>Yy Extended Service Plans<p><p>NOTE:=20
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