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-GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2017-04-13
+GNU mailutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2017-04-19
Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of file for copying conditions.
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@ defined. Instead, the following constants are defined in config.h:
* mail: sending multipart messages
+** New option --mime
+
+This option instructs mail to compose output messages in MIME format.
+The options --content-type and --encoding turn this option on. As a
+side effect, both --content-type and --encoding now affect the message
+body read from the standard input as well.
+
+** New variable 'mime'
+
+The 'mime' variable, if set instructs mail to compose output messages
+in MIME format. In fact, the '--mime' option is equivalent to
+'-E set mime', except that it takes effect after all options are
+processed.
+
** New option --alternative
When used with --attach or --attach-fd options, this option sets the

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