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The problem is that you cant parse PDFs reliably. Half of the time they are just bitmap images from a scanner.
by z3t4 6y ago
The problem is that you cant parse PDFs reliably. Half of the time they are just bitmap images from a scanner.
- jlokier 6y agoSome Word documents are like that too! Can't blame the PDF format if the source material is a bunch of scans.
- daveFNbuck 6y agohtml/css has a similar problem. A lot of my email is just a collection of images that contain text.
- franga2000 6y agoI absolutely hate those, but the HTML spec does require the alt attribute which is actually used in practice quite commonly.
- daveFNbuck 6y agoI've never read the HTML spec directly until checking it now to verify your comment. I usually use MDN, which says that the alt attribute is not mandatory. [1] [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Img https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Im...
- bregma 6y agoNon-conforming email should be filtered by the scam filter before it ever gets to your MUA.
- daveFNbuck 6y agoWhat is that email not conforming to?