Re: [nmh-workers] mhshow: invalid BASE64 encoding in --

[Anthony J. Bentley]

Ralph Corderoy writes:
> David wrote:
> > In other words, I'd like to see all of the content or an error
> > message.
>
> This is the juncture where I normally take
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomson-postel-was-wrong-00#section-1
> out for a trot.

I understand that the list is broken (and I've passed this on to the
administrator). But my perspective is this: I've used nmh for eight
years, and while I'm a big fan of the concept, and it has noticeably
improved in usability in that time, it is still difficult. My camel's
back is not broken yet, but it's beginning to buckle under the strain.
I wish nmh would at least try to handle situations that other clients
handle. Being told "that OTHER software is broken" repeatedly might be
technically correct, but it doesn't help me when every mainstream mail
client seems to be at least minimally usable in these situations.

Valdis wrote:
> that maybe if we're looking at base64, if we encounter a blank line we
> toss the rest of the body part.

For what it's worth, this appears to be how GMail treats it.

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Anthony J. Bentley