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[Olaf Skibbe]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 at 17:41, Eduardo Chappa wrote:


> On Mon, 19 Feb 2024, Olaf Skibbe wrote:

>

>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 at 11:21, Eduardo Chappa wrote:

>>

>>>  When a message is exported through the web, the default is to 

>>> export certain parts but not all. In theory the full message could 

>>> be exported, but the default is to export a part of it. What I mean 

>>> is that when you open the message to read it the client has a 

>>> choice, they can either pick the html part (default) or the 

>>> text/plain part. The latter has to be requested explicitly. You 

>>> could get both, but that would be slow, or you could request the 

>>> full message (even slower), so guess what the Outlook interface is 

>>> doing: Picking up the default, that is the HTML part.

>> 

>> Yes, I understand this. But I assume there is more to it. There are 

>> many clients which can be defaulted to show the HTML part.

>

> That is not what I said. In the IMAP protocol the client is given a 

> full description of the message. In the POP protocol the client is 

> given the full message. In OWA the client has no idea about the 

> structure of the message in regards to alternative parts.


Sorry, I probably was not clear. I just wanted to add, that the behavior 
of Outlook is not consistent in the way that it does not always pick 
only the HTML part. But I think you made everything clear.


> I just tried to explain to you how OWA works. It is more involved than 

> the explanation I gave you. Different situations lead to different 

> results, but for the situation you presented I gave you the 

> explanation. I hope that helps you a bit.


Yes, it did, thank you.

Cheers,
Olaf