[p2pu-dev] Strange email attachment

[Greg Grossmeier]

On 01/28/2011 04:07 PM, Gabriel Totoliciu wrote:
> Hi

Hi Gabriel,

> I noticed that many emails that come from the new dev mailing list
> (p2pu-dev at lists.p2pu.org <mailto:p2pu-dev at lists.p2pu.org>) have some
> strange attachments (see attached picture).
>
> Description: cid:image001.png at 01CBBF3B.526382A0

Basically, Mailman (the software running the mailing list) attaches that 
to the messages so that the information about the mailing list (what the 
email address is and where to get more information/unsubscribe) is with 
every message. It does this instead of messing with the original message.

Most email clients display that .txt file underneath the message, see 
the attached screenshot of your message shown in Thunderbird.

You're not doing anything wrong.

Question, is the footer showing up in your view of the message, whether 
or not you click on the attachment link? If not, your mail client is not 
behaving like most others in existence. Indeed, it is behaving 
incorrectly. Mailman indicates that the .txt attachment should be 
displayed inline by having this in its header: "Content-Disposition: 
inline" (see: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2183.txt)

Best,

Greg
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