Re: base64

[Bennett Todd <bet () rahul net>]

2003-09-25T16:20:46 Alun Jones:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bennett Todd [mailto:bet () rahul net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:30 AM
> >
> > Do all this canonicalization before the message hits your
> > attachment type policy enforcement and malware scanner, so they only
> > have to deal with the common forms that everybody handles the same.
>
> With the obvious disadvantage that we're all reduced to using the
> lowest-common-subset of functionality.

Absolutely.

> Never mind inventing or supporting new features, or adding
> international file naming support, in your new email client,
> because the mail server will strip all of that out, anyway.  I
> don't think that's an appropriate answer.

It's certainly not the appropriate answer for all settings.

Outlaw people from receiving email on Windows, and we can do away
with all this sludge.

-Bennett

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