Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach

[Paul Fox]

ralph wrote:
 > Hi Paul,
 > 
 > > > Because the mhbuild step can only turn a non-MIME email into a MIME
 > > > one; it can't handle being given a MIME email as input.
 > > 
 > > that's what i thought.  but if that's so, then how does the last bit:
 > >    "But ...  Nmh-Attachment headers are still processed."
 > > work?
 > 
 > They can "only" be put there by "attach" which refuses to do so if
 > "mime" has already been run.  It knows this by seeing MIME-Version is
 > present.

that's not true.  Nmh-Attachment headers can be inserted manually as
well, bypassing that "attach" error check. 

but i now see that i mis-parsed ken's original description.  if i
add some [clarification edits], does it still mean what ken meant
to begin with?

  - send runs "mhbuild -auto -nodirectives".  "-auto" means, "don't
    error out if there's a MIME-Version header, just don't process
    the draft" [including any Nmh-Attachment headers]. "-nodirectives"
    means "don't process directives".  But ...  [ even with -nodirectives, ]
    Nmh-Attachment headers are still processed.

paul


 > 
 > Cheers, Ralph.
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 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 20.1 degrees)