Re: mutt/2335: <attach-message> munges messages containing DEL
The following reply was made to PR mutt/2335; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bug-any@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: Re: mutt/2335: <attach-message> munges messages containing DEL
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:06:18 -0700
On 2006-07-07 11:57:24 +0200, Alain Bench wrote:
> The attached mbox contains one message, a table of bytes
> from 20 to FF, text/plain 8bit CP-1252. When I
> <attach-message> it, Mutt modifies the message:
>
> -1) transcodes 8bit ==> QP
This transcoding is going to happen whenever mutt has to
send an 8bit message through a 7bit channel.
Blame the inventors of 8BITMIME. Mutt is simply doing the best
it can under the circumstances.
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Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>