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Re: Different encodings at index and pager views



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On Friday, February 27 at 02:07 AM, quoth Carlos Pita:
> Yeah, you're right, they're poorly reencoding at some point. Why 
> would they do that?

Mmmm probably because they store the message in a database, rather 
than a text file.

> Does IMAP impose any restriction on the encoding?

Yes and no. Generally it's limited to 7-bit ASCII, but 8-bit textual 
and binary messages are supported via MIME-IMB encoding (whatever that 
is). See RFC 3501 section 4.3.1 for details.

> OTOH, they serve the entire mail in its original encoding and so 
> they show it at their site.

That's why it's a bug! :)

~Kyle
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