On Monday 17 October 2005 18:04, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
Matt Parker matt@mpcontracting.co.uk writes:
Richard Kettlewell wrote:
Matt Parker matt@mpcontracting.co.uk writes:
Looks fine to me. Nothing wrong with quoted-printable.
If you happen to read in non-MIME-aware software then it degrades very badly. Yes, such software is still being actively used.
Like I said, the world has moved on. MIME aware software has been standard for at least 10 years. Anyone not using MIME aware software should either upgrade or put up with the consequences - its their choice.
Where's the QP-aware version of grep and awk?
Who cares? If I want to search my e-mail I use KMail's search function. How you search your e-mails is your business. Since QP is a recognised standard and grep/awk don't support it, don't you think that the pressure should be put onto the makers of those tools to update them rather than put pressure on QP users to take a step backwards?
The adoption of modern standards should not be put on hold for a few diehards that insist on using out of date software.
8bit is (usually) a more sensible choice even within MIME than QP: it's both smaller and more readable in the absence of MIME software. Why the resistance to using it?
I don't have a resistance to using 8bit, just that KMail came pre-configured to use QP and I'm happy with it. Plain 8bit is only a sensible choice from the point of view of people who insist on using tools that don't support it. Personally I'd prefer to step upwards again to using Unicode, but then there'd be a real outcry.
Matt