From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2002-10-31T07:58:45+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: E-mail format

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:25:33 +0900,
   michael libby <x@ichimunki.com> wrote:

> So shouldn't a text-based email client show you the text part,
> rather than the source for the HTML part-- especially since the
> HTML came <emphasis>after</emphasis> the text part?

This depends on the mail program that is used. The most prominent one
that displays the HTML part is PINE (prefer-plain-text does change
that behavior).

Most text-based mail programs allow piping a message through a
filter. This means that (because Lynx is available for almost any
platform in use) even HTML-only messages are no real problem.

><signature>
>  <name>Michael C. Libby</name>
>  <email>x@ichimunki.com</email>
>  <web-site>http://www.ichimunki.com/</web-site>
>  <public-key>http://www.ichimunki.com/public_key.txt</public-key>
></signature>

If that is not s special format

<signature
  name       = "Michael C. Libby"
  email=     = "x@ichimunki.com"
  web-site   = "http://www.ichimunki.com/"
  public-key = "http://www.ichimunki.com/public_key.txt" />

would be a better choice because it is human-readable.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt