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List:       postfix-users
Subject:    Re: base64 encoded emails
From:       " () lbutlr" <kremels () kreme ! com>
Date:       2019-10-17 22:09:06
Message-ID: B2171BBA-32E2-4D1F-8834-2AF9239C1590 () kreme ! com
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On 17 Oct 2019, at 08:35, Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913@billmail.scconsult.com> \
wrote:
> 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. :)

True, the sender rarely has any control over how the message is encoded.

> 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.

I would love to see an end to QP, it's a mess and it breaks too frequently.


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