Ralph wrote: > Well, I think it is a good idea and that's probably why it was > permitted. I don't recall precisely, and don't have time to check, but > I think the RFC even recommends it.
RFC 2047 § 5. RFC 2231 makes it even more interesting. > I'm rusty, but my recollection is things like ‘forw -mime’ and dist(1) > assume ~/mail/inbox/42 is in a valid format to ship and don't do any > checks or conversions. mhfixmsg(1) repeatedly mentions RFC violations > in some of its possible outputs. The switch, -decodeheaderfieldbodies, under the microscope here is not enabled by default for that reason. > So having searched and found it, don't send it on. :-) Very good advice. Another good reason to retain the unmodified message. David
