Hello Nathan, On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:13:50 -0500 GMT (29/11/02, 10:13 +0700 GMT), Nathan J. Yoder wrote:
JA>> I think that is correct behavior per RFCs. Special characters such as JA>> spaces, &, and such are supposed to converted to the hex version. > ... JA>> So TB! is only behaving as per the rules. You'll find it is the other JA>> mail clients that are misbehaving. And the author of the link also JA>> made the mistake too. > Yes, but it's beside the point. There's that internet saying, > (paraphrasing) "be lenient in what you receive and strict in what > you send." Who said this? I completely disagree. There are rules on the internet called RFC's, and there is an increasing number of webmasters (and postmasters, for that matter) who have no idea that these rules even exist. When you come across a link that has uses unencoded blanks, drop a line to the webmaster, point him to the RFC's, and ask him to push his boss to provide *basic* training to him. I see no point in setting up rules (which are made so that the internet remains usable) and at the same time tolerating self-proclaimed "internet professionals" not even knowing about them, let alone following them. If you don't agree with the rules, do what any democrat does, become a member of IETF and change the rules. Many are being changed over time as necessity dictates. Just ignoring the rules leads to anarchy and helps nobody. > Other clients ( or at least Outlook Express) do interpret the > mailto: correctly even when it's not properly formed with the hex > codes. I won't go into details here, but citing Outlook as an example for a good email client is beyond ridiculous. Start here: www.ietf.org and then click on RFC's. After you have read all of those that pertain to email, come back here (or to TBOT) and talk about Outlook. > Most websites I've seen that use the subject line in mailto: don't > use the hex codes or a suitable substitute at all, You haven't seen most websites, but yes, I come across websites created by IT unprofessionals every now and then, too. These people should either get proper training or change their jobs. > so it would make sense to have The Bat! understand improperly > formatted mailto:s. I did not wish to use an email client that follows this philosophy. The philosophy is wrong. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. "Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough." (Lynnette, age 8) Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta7 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
