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From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Lewt's vote! was Re: Ban HTML postings?
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:44:56 -0000
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> My vote is as follows:
>
> I vote yes on bamming the html, because it's very annoying, I use PINE and
> it chokes on those messages.

I agree, but only because it annoys other people and takes ages to format
back to plain text format (I use Outlook 98).

> I vote no on banning multipart because SOMETIMES sending a small zip file
> can be useful, like when sending zipped sources for a finished small djgpp
> utility.

Yes. Multipart messages have been supported by most mail programs since the
early 90s, so I would keep them in. I'm not sure if free mail servers can
handle them, but it does make life easier for the rest of us :-)

BTW, which is the most supported format - MIME or UUencode? I've always
thought UUencode was the best supported, but I'd like to hear confirmation
of this.

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819