Re: [Mutt] #3325: attachment type misdetection for small .tar.gz
#3325: attachment type misdetection for small .tar.gz
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Reporter: antonio@xxxxxxxx | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version: 1.5.20
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
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Comment(by vinc17):
Replying to [comment:1 Derek Martin]:
> Who said they're encodings? I don't see them listed in the
> Content-Transfer-Encodings section of the MIME RFCs, nor do I see them
> mentioned anywhere pertaining to "encoded words", and I don't see any
> other part of the RFCs that might suggest they should be classified as
> encodings.
FYI they are encodings for HTTP ([http://www.rfc-
editor.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt RFC 2616]) to allow transparent decompression.
Unfortunately this isn't supported for the mail (e.g. there's no standard
way to tell the MUA that some attachment is compressed text/plain so that
it can display the uncompressed text as if it were not compressed in the
first place).
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