From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rmail-mbox branch Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:05:07 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zlprvod0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4868CF84.1040005@pajato.com> <48A90589.4020804@pajato.com> <48A91146.60200@pajato.com> <48A968A3.8050806@pajato.com> <48BA1DAE.2030005@pajato.com> <874p51xblf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <84od39q9mv.fsf@boris.laptop> <84abesum0g.fsf@boris.laptop> <841w03v389.fsf@boris.laptop> <84wshvtgoz.fsf@boris.laptop> <87od363q1i.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87iqtd4ubu.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <877i9s4pf5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87hc8vf97n.fsf@xemacs.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220735234 2460 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2008 21:07:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:07:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: evilborisnet@netscape.net, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 06 23:08:09 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kc50o-0003zK-Bq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:08:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56616 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc4zn-0002kM-85 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc4zh-0002iu-74 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:06:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc4zf-0002hD-6c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:06:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43424 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc4zf-0002h6-02 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:06:55 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:45520) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kc4ze-0008Og-I5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:06:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Kc4xv-0003hH-LA; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:05:07 -0400 In-reply-to: <87hc8vf97n.fsf@xemacs.org> (stephen@xemacs.org) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103609 Archived-At: > It's the same difference as between text/plain and any of the other > media types mentioned: you will cannot preserve all the information in > a text/html part while saving it in mbox format. > > Why not? I have no clue what you could have in mind that you would ask that question. I simply do not see why that claim would be true. I thought you might provide an argument to support it.