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Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow complaints
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David Levine |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] mhshow complaints |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:53:33 -0400 |
> >mhshow: extraneous trailing ';' in message 132's Content-Type: parameter lis
> t
> >mhshow: extraneous trailing ';' in message 132's Content-Type: parameter lis
> t
> >mhshow: extraneous trailing ';' in message 186's Content-Type: parameter lis
> t
> >mhshow: extraneous trailing ';' in message 186's Content-Type: parameter lis
> t
> >mhshow: message 593 has multiple MIME-Version: fields
> >
> >Why the heck should I care about that? Complaining multiple
> >times, too! Just tolerate it and get on with it.
> I will note that a semicolon at the end of the parameter list does
> violate the BNF for MIME parameters, but it strikes me as something
> that really doesn't harm anything (and it's not like there's really
> any confusion about what to do). But I'll be honest; I have never
> in my life seen a message like that. I don't know why that message
> is happening twice; I'd like to figure that out, if nothing else.
I see that occasionally. My guess is that it warned here for each
of multiple parts with the violation.
Sounds like an easy job for mhfixmsg.
> Messages containg multiple MIME-Versions are pretty much bogus; I think
> it's okay to issue a warning about that. It seems like something has
> gone wrong there.
Agreed.
David