Hi Lyndon,
> Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Is an override required? It could always try to send 8-bit...
>
> Which could fail if the system has an MTA that doesn't do 8bit.
The RFC covers what to do in this case; either downgrade to 7-bit or
fail to pass it on with an error.
> And there might be other reasons the user needs a different encoding.
IIRC one of the MTAs in the chain can upgrade the message from seven to
8-bit just as others can downgrade; I'm not sure the user can enforce
an end-to-end 7-bit transfer.
> Don't assume everyone is using SMTP as their transport.
I didn't; "When nmh hands over the email to send using SMTP". :-)
Some advocacy, including opinionated. :-)
http://cr.yp.to/smtp/8bitmime.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_SMTP#List_of_supporting_servers_2
Cheers, Ralph.
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