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Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
> newsspam5REMOVETHIS@robf.de writes:
>
>> Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I'm having problems using VM and accessing attachments in messages
>>> sent from apple mail. VM just simply doesn't see the attachment and
>>> provides no way of accessing it that I can find. In fact, it gives no
>>> real indication there is even an attachment apart from a small glyph
>>> which you cannot do anything with. If you hit D to show the raw data,
>>> you can see the following -
>>>
>>>> <headers snipped>
>>
>> You should not snip all of them, specifically the MIME headers,
>> i.e. Content-type: would necessary debugging information.
>>
>> I guess it does contain:
>>
>>   Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-9--626804718
>>
>> ?
>>
>
> Yes, that was over eager snipping on my part. Here are the two MIME
> related lines from the headers -
>
> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3)
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-9--626804718
>
>> Something which is a bit odd about your example: the attachment
>> is on the same level as the HTML part, which means you will not
>> see it if VM decides to present the PLAIN TEXT part.  But still
>> you should see it if you press "D" once, i.e. you should get
>> buttons for each mime part.
>>
>
> Yes, thats what struck me as odd about it. However, you definitely do
> not get any button apart from a "UTF-8 plain text" when you hit D
> button and when you click it, you will just see the plain text. The
> HTML and the attachment which appears to be recursively stored within
> that part do not show up at all. All that I do get is a small 'glyph'
> which looks a bit like a percent sign and this seems to be the only
> indication there is something else in the message.
>
>> Maybe you also want to try my version of VM
>> http://www.robf.de/Hacking/elisp/ and see if
>> the problem still exists.
>>
>
> I will check it out and see if it is any different. I have found that
> mutt, gmail and emacs mew all decode the message fine. VM seems to be
> the only program having problems. I'm wondering if it is related to
> the recursive nature of the attachment?

It is definitely related to the fact that the attachment is in
the alternative MIME part as Piet depicted ...  I just googled
and found several threads on this, it is a bug of apple mail!

The other MUAs are only fixing its bug. ;-)

>> If you send me a test mail I might debug the problem, but I
>> cannot reproduce it here.
>>
>
> Thats a bit hard for me to do as I don't run apple mail. I'm getting
> an increasing number of messages from people who are running apple
> mail and any of them which include attachments are a problem it seems
> for VM. When I return to work, if you don't mind, I might see if I can
> get a test message sent directly to you so that you can see if you
> have the same problems. 

Thanks, but IMHO it is not necessary anymore, with the test Piet
did, the header multipart/alternative and the other references on
this I am sure it is the misplaced attachment.

Just try my version with (setq vm-mime-show-alternatives t) and
it should do the trick for you as it did for me and Piet. ;-)

Robert.