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Re: Control-Z in attached text file

From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Mon Feb 02 2004 - 07:16:48 CST


Markus Schlup:
> Dear all,
>
> what is the correct handling of a mail which has a text file attached that
>- contains a "Control-Z" character? In my opinion, the attached file should b
>-e encoded (quoted-printable, base64 or ...). I received such a file without
>-encoding (with Content-Type: text/plain; attached) and of course the sender
>-insists in that they are right and we should fix our problems ....

Yes. Non-text content should be encoded by the mail user agent.

        Wietse