Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010913125505.03026ff0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:57:34 -0400 To: Scott Brim , Corinna Vinschen From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Mutt (on cygwin) and binary attachments In-Reply-To: <20010913125153.L1636@SBRIM-W2K> References: <3BA0DDBF.3080201@ece.gatech.edu> <20010913093731.E432@NBOF> <20010913131552.R1285@cygbert.vinschen.de> <3BA0CE44.9080007@ece.gatech.edu> <20010913180551.C20079@cygbert.vinschen.de> <3BA0DDBF.3080201@ece.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:51 PM 9/13/2001, Scott Brim wrote: >On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 12:24:31PM -0400, Charles Wilson allegedly wrote: > > >>It looks to me as if you just can't use the 'binmode.o/automode.o' magic > > >>bullets. It seems that the real fix is to go thru the code, and put > > >>O_BINARY or 'rb' in the correct places, and O_TEXT(?) or 'rt' in the > > >>correct places. Yes? > > >> > > > > > > Right. Are you volunteering? > > > > > > If I must. However, I'll wait for an actual mutt user to step forward > > before putting my oar in. Mutt users, hello? > >As a representative mutt user, it's a far better use of my time to spend >2 minutes making sure all relevant mounts and files are binmode, and use >a pure binmode mutt. This may be true but I expect that it's not really the point of Chuck's or Corinna's query. They're looking to find a solution to this problem that works for all and requires no additional action by users. Obviously, this is best for the users and this list. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/