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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: [nPATCH #6402] Add x-uuencode decode support to KMail.
From:       Gene Heskett <gene_heskett () iolinc ! net>
Date:       2002-09-30 9:08:19
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On Monday 30 September 2002 04:11, Michael Häckel wrote:
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>On Sunday 29 September 2002 17:49, Marc Mutz wrote:
>> OK. Attached patch (to be applied on top of the other one -
>> they're in different files) fixes it like this:
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>- From looking at the code your patch looks good then.
>
>I can't test it in the next few days since my own computer here in
> Bayreuth still doesn't work and the shop where I bought it is
> currently closed because they are moving.
>
>The mail actually looks like it should:

I've got a Q here.  Since uuencode/uudecode is the inferior method, 
base64 having been the choice because of its increased robustness 
when the MIME specs were standardized, of what utility is support 
of an obsolete transport method?

IMO it only prolongs the agony of an encoding method thats 
potentially broken on some platforms because of its use of 
punctuation characters.  It (uu code) should be allowed to die 
peacefully.  Its been obsolete for what, 15 years now?

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>Regards,
>Michael Häckel
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