Re: another silly question
On 2005-05-09 00:58:20 +0100, Paul Walker wrote:
> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 01:42:41AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > No, base64 is really bad for that. QP is probably much better. But
> > anyway, most mail software (MUA or MDA) won't choose an
> > alternative encoding magically.
>
> MDA software should not be changing the format of the mail it's delivering.
> Its job is purely to put the mail into the mailbox, nothing else.
In this case, choosing an alternate encoding is not a solution
to consider, as the sender of the mail doesn't necessarily know
what mailbox format the recipient uses, in particular when most
senders use MS-Windows.
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