On Mon, 23 Dec 1991 09:53:52 -0800 (PST) you said:
OK, let me explain.
Quoted-Printable has the capability to separate *lines*, which *may* be
records for some people -- but are definitely *not* records for other people.
The latter category includes people who care very much about records.
Thanks for the tutorial. It does not include anything I did not know before,
but never mind.... What I am trying to do here is to point out that Q-P
currently has a capability that B64 has not. If someone who likes records, but
does not love them (is that the distinction ?), sends you :
abc=09=0D=0Axyz
burp=0D=0Athe end
there is no way to reincode it in B64 without losing some information.
Q-P and B64, on the other hand, were supposed to have the same capabilities,
so one can choose freely. This is currently not the case !!!!!
So I am not saying that some form for external record separation should be
reintroduced into B64. I am trying to draw some attention on an inconsistency
in the MIME spec.
BTW : the (technical, not condescending) reply by Keith Moore does offer
a way to fix the trouble.
Happy New Year nevertheless..... /AF