From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: BP25 Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: What does it mean that mail mode doesn't support MIME? Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:45:47 +0100 Message-ID: <877cgjq8hw.fsf@RISEUP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22090"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 30 14:36:38 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1s1mir-0005Sq-MT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:36:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s1miF-0008Rg-Ui; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:36:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s1miE-0008RQ-2B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s1miB-00032x-Or for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:35:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fews02-sea.riseup.net (fews02-sea-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.112]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VTKRs1g4KzDqPc for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:35:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1714480553; bh=HCQSx1xMC2Xa+DkCodIKbXvJnCMMdd0x/eabyEfYHvI=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=gE8axUO6adVILEAZ5i2kT5am5qprKFXB9gen4Hj2310nC5HzLsbwRmP7mqZzU6zY3 gDzFnjNP5KDJecOIEO0ISzBtbS0m7CFSl7xCZ5+aeaYdSSzIVMzTubGQHHjiI/Q3mE UuXi/RClFAiXBsULovC6siT3qmsPuc00hIjiUJoo= X-Riseup-User-ID: 7A54DC3508850BBF9D0534823E521814D0E0B232EB927B09B73D67A0C0C26754 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews02-sea.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4VTKRr4xVJzFpng for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:35:52 +0000 (UTC) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=198.252.153.129; envelope-from=bp25@riseup.net; helo=mx1.riseup.net X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:146511 Archived-At: I read: "Prior to Emacs 23.2, the default mode was Mail mode, which is similar to Message mode in many respects but lacks features such as MIME support." and also "The most typical thing users want to use the multipart things in MIME for is to add =E2=80=9Cattachments=E2=80=9D to mai= l they send out." From this I deduced that mail mode doesn't support attachments. However, mail mode supports attachments (use the mail-add-attachment command to do that) and C-h f mail-add-attachment says it adds it as MIME attachment! I deduce that attachments are in the "universe" of MIME, and by "lacks feature such as MIME support" really the manual meant "lacks features such as complete and total MIME support", right? This begs the question: What MIME things then does mail mode then not support? I couldn't find info on the manual but if you direct me to some reference I'd be very grateful. Thank you so much!