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  1.     "gnus-mime.el" is an ELISP package that adds support for MIME
  2. to GNUS.  This is the second release, I consider it very beta, and I'm
  3. sure are bugs, but it does work.  It provides support to both read and
  4. post USENET articles in MIME format.  It's scarcest feature is support
  5. for mutli-part multi-media ".signatures".
  6.  
  7.     Support to read MIME format postings use the Metamail package
  8. and "transparent.el".  If an article is in MIME format a message is
  9. displayed and the article can be processed by hitting '@'.  Metamail
  10. will allow you to view and save different data types.
  11.  
  12.     Serval functions provide for posting in MIME format:
  13.  
  14. "gnus-richtext-posting" will convert the article in to richtext
  15. format.  It converts to bold, italic, and underline.  "*foo*" is
  16. converted to bold, %foo%" to italics, and "_foo_" to underlined.
  17.  
  18. "gnus-insert-file-as-mime" allows files to be inserted in MIME format.
  19. Some formats are automatically recognized, and the data is encoded in
  20. BASE64 if need be.  This is bound to "C-C i".
  21.  
  22. "gnus-insert-file-as-mime-external" allows you to create reference to
  23. external files, which MIME software can the retrieve via FTP, mail
  24. servers, AFS, etc.  This is bound "C-C x".
  25.  
  26.     Finally "gnus-inews-article" is replace by a version that
  27. inserts the necessary MIME headers and can do richtext style and
  28. arbitrary MIME format ".signatures".  If ".signature-MIME" (or if you
  29. use distribution based signatures ".signature-<distribution>-MIME", it
  30. is inserted with any line which reads:
  31.  
  32. --MIME-BOUNDARY
  33.  
  34. replaced with the current boundary.  The file must contain the
  35. "Content-Type:" and "Content-Transfer-Encoding:" headers.  Here is my
  36. raw ".signature-MIME":
  37.  
  38. Content-Type: text/richtext
  39.  
  40. The first ever *Multi-media* .signature?
  41.  
  42. --MIME-BOUNDARY
  43. Content-Type: image/gif
  44. Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
  45.  
  46. R0lGODdhvQFwAPAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAvQFwAAAC/oyPqcvtD6OctNqLs968+w+G4kiW5omm
  47. 6sq27gvH8kzX9o3n+s73/g8MCofEovGITCqXzKbzCY1Kp9Sq9YrNarfcrvcLDovH5LL5jE6r
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  72.  
  73.      CAVEATS: You can not call gnus-richtext-posting after calling
  74. "gnus-insert-file-as-mime" or "gnus-insert-file-as-mime-external" and
  75. you can only call it once.
  76.  
  77.     See bugs each to "spike@world.std.com"
  78.