From kde-bugs-dist Tue Jun 29 20:20:06 1999 From: Birger Langkjer Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 20:20:06 +0000 To: kde-bugs-dist Subject: Bug#1492: Kmail doesn't handle MIME-standard corrrectly X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=93083380709374 Package: kmail Version: 1.0.21 Hello. My attention was alerted to this fact when I got a mail back from someone whose email-client (exmh) couldn't read it: My mail handler was unable to handle the last few of your mails. It seems that I have now identified the cause. The line Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable is not allowed in a Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; message and leads under MH to the error message mhshow: "multipart/mixed" type in message 9999 must be encoded in 7bit, 8bit, or binary I managed to fix it via emacs in the messages that you did already send to me, but it would be nice if you could use an email software that follows the MIME standard correctly. Quoted-printable is in general not necessary any more these days, because practically all email systems are 8-bit transparent now. May be deactivating quoted-printable in your configuration will help? Problem: If you choose 'quoted printable' as your encoding method, kmail doesn't prevent you from using base64 to encode your attachments and this apparently causes some recipient's clients to choke. -- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Birger Langkjer http://members.xoom.com/langkjer