At 02:54 1999-12-26 +0300, Alexander V. Kiselev wrote:
> ������, Frank!
>
> � 18:17, 25 Dec 99, �� �������
> �������� �������� "Re: Regarding the RFCs":
>
> > > The headers of *this* your message:
> > >
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> > I just checked my E-mail as it leaves my SMTP server
> > (sendmail 8.9.1) and it does *not* add that header, so it
>
> Gotcha! see RFC2045--2047. The Content-transfer-encoding:
> field is *required* for a MIME message, or, better to say, if
> there's no such field it's *assumed* that it has "7bit" value.
It's not really a "gotcha" since I've been trying for several E-mails to get you
focused on RFC 2045. And besides, RFC 2045 *does* allow long *logical* lines ...
something I've said for several E-mails.
Another point I was making was that the header you point to was added by some other
server, not mine.
> OTOH, *if* your message is in Quoted Printable, it's *absolutely
> required* that Content-transfer-encoding: be set to "Quoted
> Printable". Without this, your message is just plain garbage.
>
> > That would mean that either (1) the TBUDL mail server is
> > adding the header, (2) your mail server is adding it, or (3)
> > some relay server between you and TBUDL is adding it.
>
> Doesn't matter. Since it's *not* QP when it leaves your SMTP, it
> will *never* become one whatever server it passes...
That's not true. Some of the SMTP servers convert to/from quoted printable, so it is
possible that message headers get changed, added, or deleted ... sendmail 8.9.x does
this.
-FF
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