From:	p DOT dalgaard AT kubism DOT ku DOT dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Subject:	Re: MIME autoconversion
25 Sep 1997 14:18:40 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<x2sout85kw.fsf.cygnus.gnu-win32@bush.kubism.ku.dk>
References:	<009BAC1F DOT FBC7F160 DOT 23958 AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de>
To:	dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> it is questionable whether the job offer belongs to this mailing list,
> but I really wonder why the mail server converts forth and back?

> : Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> : X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by cygnus.com id CAA27167
> : Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> : X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by cygnus.com id CAB27175

This makes perfectly good sense to me - incoming sendmail converts QP
to 8bit - outgoing converts 8 bit to QP. Business as usual for an
8-bit site on a 7-bit net... 

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