28 Jul
2006
28 Jul
'06
9:40 a.m.
MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
In most cases, the 33% size increase, the possibilities for interception and mail munging make it a fairly poor mechanism for file transfer. A useful last resort, though.
I can see the point of MIME for one-off rich content, but that doesn't seem the most common legitimate use and the illegitimate uses dwarf legitimate ones. On balance, MIME seems to have turned out to be evil.
Doesn't non-mime mean just us-ascii, ie just Roman alphabet, no accents? Wouldn't that be a bit limiting for non-English speaking email users? Dave Cooper