In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John R Levine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > (1) What causes =20, =B7, =FA etc. to appear at the end of lines, start
>of
>> > lines, or after an indent at the start of a line?...
>
>> Apparently, it is just one small tactic in the larger plot of Microsoft to
>> take over the world, slowly, in phases, by being just slightly incompatible
>> with every non-Microsoft protocol and/or piece of software in existance.
>
>No, it's quoted-printable, a standard MIME type. Reasonable responses
>are either to ban quoted-printable mail or to run it through a de-MIME
>pass to turn it back into plain text.
OK, me culpa. It isn't _entirely_ just a Microsoft plot.
But why is it that MS mail clients are the only ones that seem to generate
messages as ``MIME quotable'' (rather than plain text), even when not
explicitly asked to do so?
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