Subject: why worry about 8-bit quoting
To: ietf-822(_at_)dimacs(_dot_)rutgers(_dot_)edu
From: ERIK(_at_)acspr1(_dot_)acs(_dot_)brockport(_dot_)edu
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:22:38 EST
lwj(_at_)cs(_dot_)kun(_dot_)nl writes:
> Greg Vaudreuil writes:
> > Quoted-binary is a new feature which has yet to be implemented
> > and if included in MIME will need to be implemented and tested by
> > at least two independent implementations before MIME can be advanced.
>
> Given the intended similarity to quoted-printable, it should be
> trivial (ie, a very small amount of work) to add quoted-8bit to an
> existing implementation supporting quoted-printable. The problem
> is then to find an 8-bit transport channel to test
> interoperability over.
This strikes me as a little strange. If you have an 8-bit
transport layer, then there is no reason to use 8-bit quoting.
(since you can move all 8-bits across your transport layer.)
Well, the 8bit-MIME-over-SMTP internet-draft still allows SMTPs to
limit lines to 1000 characters. So at least one 8-bit transport
might still need quoting to hide ends-of-lines, or to make all
lines shorter than 1000 characters.
Keith Moore