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List:       postfix-users
Subject:    Re: base64 encoded emails
From:       "Bill Cole" <postfixlists-070913 () billmail ! scconsult ! com>
Date:       2019-10-17 14:35:05
Message-ID: 6894E051-FCCE-4CEE-A15F-AF9AEC214076 () billmail ! scconsult ! com
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On 17 Oct 2019, at 7:51, @lbutlr wrote:

> Also., of course, some plaintext messages still have to be 
> en=E2=85=BDoded=
> .
>
> Like this one.

But not always in Base64. :)

Many clients only do QP or only do Base64 when the content makes it 
necessary, some make a judgment call based (usually) on the frequency of 
non-ASCII characters. From a code standpoint, just doing Base64 is 
simpler and more robust.

-- 
Bill Cole
bill@scconsult.com or billcole@apache.org
(AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
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