[PATCH] Re: the evasive message discussed on the list

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

David Relson <relson at osagesoftware.com> wrote:

>You are also the second person in less than a week to encounter:
>
>	Content-Type: text/html
>
>	<!DOCTYPE ...>

So what's so surprising?

>Also, for those inclined to experiment, the attached patch will
>recognize some forms of the DOCTYPE line and switch to HTML mode.  If
>there's merit to it, perhaps it should become official.

Not sure I get that. Are you saying such a line would start
HTML mode even if it was declared as text/plain? If so a
discussion about HTML might cause problems.

pi