> I consider RFC 3676 an abomination, totally unsuitable for posting code
> samples.

Why? Do you know of any case where a properly behaving mail client mangles code 
properly formatted with format=flowed?


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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

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Subject: Formatting (was: JCL ERROR : IGD01022I)

On 2018-06-29, at 13:19:38, Ed Jaffe wrote:

> On 6/29/2018 9:00 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
>> I cannot read the JCL listing.  Please put at least 3 spaces when pasting 
>> JCL into email
>>
>> For example without spaces
> [snip]
>
> The formatting problem is not due to a lack of leading spaces. The problem is 
> trailing whitespace. With all trailing spaces removed, JCL should render AOK.
>
In fact, Lizette may have a valid point, without stating a reason, which
may lie in or around:
    
https://secure-web.cisco.com/1IEKxYymw-faaABElSPcn7NMPT5uaebGx6eDwIDXu5PsVp6jf2POQOLccU0stXmIrC_e5QXhmf2bTFd5cfWOT3Q5Vy5k6A8YGX7iRpTUtMCr5jdc6kdHbdr9-qLTEGpukPPQdGCJH_o2_OA9KHSWkGyOrkaHvj2VfnpqC_DN4Stbjr5l-_kGj9uO77r1QcpqTeLWn7Lyk5EqBcuHkJh1lIyfA4z-cAy6bl6YbPfevsb09_Dsi6bKFzoe7xxFJBs7Q220aPnS1Ejv8_PauSeHZ1F4ypLo5wrbTgEmUfNsUv1Srf6K9OTG9orO6-3D6Tc03-8VrsRllyRfDIdYJw5TqhIJxbbGQAi8beDlVAK1PCrUEDR3KTMiXyYZNniyLS_i6aTbuMDKI_zARSBwxjrIq5jWxL5FEQI9EL4qBWJGoKyK8fvM2-IVYG-AgJxoannP9/https%3A%2F%2Ftools.ietf.org%2Fhtml%2Frfc3676#section-4.1

However, the OP had merely:
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
... not "Format=Flowed", so RFC 3676 does not apply.  I consider RFC 3676
an abomination, totally unsuitable for posting code samples.  A MUA should
provide an option to override it.

As an experiment, I'll append 3 copies of a text/plain file with
different Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit, quoted-printable, and
base64, inline, but no Format=Flowed.

-- gil


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Кириллица (just to force Unicode.)
....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|
Trailing blanks to column 50:
//* 80 columns
//* 80 columns again

Long line after empty line:                       
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Кириллица (just to force Unicode.)
....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|
Trailing blanks to column 50:
//* 80 columns
//* 80 columns again

Long line after empty line:                       
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Кириллица (just to force Unicode.)
....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|
Trailing blanks to column 50:
//* 80 columns
//* 80 columns again

Long line after empty line:                       
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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