Re: Is 8BIT ESTMP really needed

technically speaking, SMTP clients that send 8bit messages without 
seeing the proper 8BITMIME EHLO response from the server are in 
violation of the standards.

practically speaking

a) most mailers these days are at least tolerant of 8bit content
   in the message body
b) most mailers these days advertise 8BITMIME anyway.

so it doesn't much matter.

Keith