FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: html vs text

[Marc Siry <lists@xxxxxxxx>]

Barney Lehrer wrote:

> It send both formats but allows it to be opened in the appropriate one
> for the software.
> 
>> A service that can do this is black magic - No software can determine if a
>> person is going to use an email application that can read HTML (or even
>> determine the preference of the individual)!

Apple does this with a multipart MIME message- here's a snip from the source
of their latest missive:

{snip}

MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; charset=us-ascii;
    boundary="This_is_the_boundary_hip_ho"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-UIDL: 49733


You appear to be using an email application that won't properly
display the graphical (or HTML) version of our message.


--This_is_the_boundary_hip_ho
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hello Pasadena.

Come experience everything Apple.

{snip}

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