(Netflix/GlobalConnect a/s) Scheduled Open Connect Appliance upgrade is starting

Christoffer Hansen christoffer at netravnen.de
Sun Jan 13 20:21:02 UTC 2019


On 13/01/2019 21:11, valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> Back when we were designing MIME,  somebody (Vernon Schryver?) stated
> that multipart/alternative with text/plain and text/html was *always* incorrect.

-_-

> If the two parts are semantically equal, then one is superfluous and doesn't
> need to be sent. (Remember bandwidth costs in 1992...)

I can imagine.

> If the two parts aren't semantically equal, then one part is deficient at best
> and actively misleading at worst, and should not be sent.

In 2019 I would hope this are not the case. Cause Cheap Bandwidth
compared to the 90'ies.

Still not always the case. Sadly. :/

	-Christoffer

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