Can't display text messaging -

[bobgoodwin at wildblue.net]

On 04/27/15 08:21, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> >XFCE Mime editor only shows:
>> >  application/smil+xml    default    video
>> >
>> >Can that be a problem?
>> >
>> >I tried selecting Thunderbird instead of Video but it made no difference.
>> >
>> >
> Actually, I doubt it will make any difference for 2 reason.
>
> 1.  It displays fine for me and that is pretty much the same MIME definitions I have.
>
> 2.  And more importantly, the second line defines the entire message as multipart/mixed, which if I recall my MIME standards correctly (don't have time to check it now) the type is irrelevant since it is actually defined individually for each part.
>
> FWIW a quick check of other multipart messages in my inbox show no type defined in that segment of MIME headers.
>
> So, the part of the message which contains the text is defined as you'd expect "text/plain;"
>
> I also don't find doing forwards of much use in diagnosing a problem since you have to know how the UA is going to mangle the message.  There used to be a "bounce" plugin for T-Bird which re-transmitted the message without alteration.
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Ok, I'll just live with the problem for now and hope it gets better! It 
looks like F-22 is almost ready and I will install it on the other 
computer eventually and see what happens there.

Thanks,

Bob

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