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Re: [bug-mailutils] 7bit transfer encoding


From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: [bug-mailutils] 7bit transfer encoding
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 11:50:24 +0300

> I found the code in attachment.c, line 468.
> "Content-Type: message/rfc822\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n";
> 
> It seems unreasonable to hardcode "7bit" to content transfer encoding.
> It may prevent mail client from displaying 2-byte characters correctly.

Well, I'm not quite sure. The valid RFC 822 message cannot contain the
8-bit ascii characters anyway, so that's hardly any use setting another
encoding.

Opinions?

Regards,
Sergey




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