Re: [MiNT] text/html

[Teemu Hukkanen <tjhukkan@fishpool.fi>]

joska@nuts.edu (Jo Even Skarstein) writes:

> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 17:07:31 +0300, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:
> 
> > > Or does the majority approve text/html here?
> > I definitely disaprove of HTML mail/news.  Mail/News servers must
> > be upgraded to auto-reject those, at the source ISP.
> 
> It's OK by me to ban HTML on this list, but the natural consequence of
> this must be to ban *all* attachments, like PGP-signatures...

The mimetype of a mime part could be checked, and if it matches a known
type (text/plain, message/rfc822, application/pgp-signature, ...), it
would be allowed, otherwise the mail would be bounced back.

> Mail- and news-servers should definitely *not* auto-reject html, it's
> up to the individuals in each end to decide what's appropriate or not.

Yes, I agree.