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

[David Relson]

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 08:34:33 +0100
Boris 'pi' Piwinger <3.14 at logic.univie.ac.at> wrote:

> 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

pi,

Correct.  Remember any change has the potential for causing trouble.  As
always, the question is whether the benefit outweighs the possible
problems.

David