We try to keep things QP encoded if at all possible because this way if the receiving end doesn't have a MIME compliant mailer, the recipient can still "read" (mostly) what the text actually says. If we base64 encoded the subject, then you'd *have* to have a MIME mailer on the receiving end.
When more pressing bugs/features are fixed/implemented - I suppose I can try to compress the output down more but it's really insignificant in the whole scheme of things. Jeff On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 12:53, Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach �Jeffrey Stedfast� am 2002-01-05 um 15:10:30 -0500 : > > There's really no use arguing over this because it's not an issue, it is > > completely valid according to the rfcs and it also "Just Works". > > Okay, you're right. Technically it's allowed. However, can we agree > that the way Evo encodes header fields is suboptimal? If I type "w�rter > �uro" in the subject, Evo will use 2 charsets: iso-8859-1 and > windows-1251. This makes the subject unnecessary big, when using > nothing but iso-8859-15 would be sufficient. > > Compare the way Evolution encodes "Test Subject with W�rter �uro �ent > �en � � �" to the way mutt does it: > > Evo: > Subject: Test Subject with =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=F6rter?= > =?windows-1251?Q?_=88uro?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_=A2ent?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_=A5en?= > =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_=E4?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_=F6?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_=FC?= > > mutt: > Subject: Test Subject with =?iso-8859-15?Q?W=F6rter?= > =?iso-8859-15?B?IKR1cm8gomVudCClZW4g5CD2IPw=?= > > It shouldn't be too hard to "inspire" yourself with the way mutt handels > this, should it? > > Alexander Skwar > -- > How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) > Homepage: http://www.iso-top.de | Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > iso-top.de - Die g�nstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen > Uptime: 22 days 1 hour 36 minutes > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
