From: Wietse Venema (no email)
Date: Wed Aug 11 2004 - 19:17:04 EDT
Victor Duchovni:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 05:42:34PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
>
> > This is the simplest possible template file. It contains only
> > text and no MIME information.
> > It is's all 7bit, slap on default headers, transform into
> > quoted-printable and deliver:
> >
> > +----------
> > |bla bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > |blah bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > +----------
> >
> > +----------
> > |Content-Type: text/plain
> > |Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > |
> > |bla bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > |blah bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > +----------
> >
> > Here's a template file with 8-bit content:
> > This is transformed into [ the form below ]:
> >
> > +----------
> > |Content-Type: ignored/ignored; charset=STUFF; ignored...
> > |[other headers will be ignored]
> > |
> > |bla bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > |blah bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > +----------
> >
> > +----------
> > |Content-Type: text/plain; charset=STUFF
> > |Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > |
> > |bla bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > |blah bla bla bla bla
> > |la bla bla bla bla
> > +----------
> >
> > Anything missing from this scheme?
> >
>
> No, just arguably fewer people will be confused if the magic pseudo-header
> was:
>
> Content-Charset: STUFF
In that case, let's do header-less template files. Introducing a
non-standard header handicaps people who are MIME clueful. That
is, I am all in favor of lowering thresholds but that should not
make life harder for experts.
For those who are not MIME clueful it does not matter because
whatever they have to specify, they they will get it wrong.
Wietse
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