Variable: gnus-article-loose-mime

gnus-article-loose-mime is a customizable variable defined in gnus-sum.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

If non-nil, don't require MIME-Version header.

Some brain-damaged MUA/MTA, e.g. Lotus Domino 5.0.6 clients, does not supply the MIME-Version header or deliberately strip it from the mail. If non-nil (the default), Gnus will treat some articles as MIME even if the MIME-Version header is missing.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 22.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el.gz
(defcustom gnus-article-loose-mime t
  "If non-nil, don't require MIME-Version header.
Some brain-damaged MUA/MTA, e.g. Lotus Domino 5.0.6 clients, does not
supply the MIME-Version header or deliberately strip it from the mail.
If non-nil (the default), Gnus will treat some articles as MIME
even if the MIME-Version header is missing."
  :version "22.1"
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'gnus-article-mime)