Re: Stripping multipart/alternative messages and accepting thetext/plain part.

["Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Carlos O'Donell
<carlos@systemhalted.org> wrote:
> In summary:
>
> * There is loose agreement that it would be a good thing to
> ?use DIR/mimekeep to allow users with multipart/alternative
> ?email to participate in mailing list discussions as long as
> ?they had MIME parts that matched the parts allowed on the
> ?list. After all, more project volunteers is a good thing.
>
> * Unfortunately many of the mime parts we want to reject are
> ?also the default parts currently in use for sending
> ?patches, diffs, etc. Therefore if we don't outright reject
> ?emails with text/html parts then the application/octect-stream
> ?part (which we have to allow for Base64 encoded attached patches)
> ?of the spammers message will arrive on the list and that is
> ?not acceptable.
>
> * Unfortunately the use of DIR/mimekeep and really any system
> ?that strips MIME parts would cause confusion amongst users
> ?and result in additional and unacceptable support load
> ?for postmaster (given the current volunteers).
>
> It would seem to me that the position of overseers is
> that the request to use DIR/mimekeep to enable posting of
> multipart/alternative email with text/plain parts carries
> with it an unacceptably high price.
>
> Does that sound about right?

Ping?

Agreement with the summary?

Disagreement with the summary?

I'd like to have a clear answer to give to my volunteers.

Cheers,
Carlos.