David Levine <levinedl(_at_)acm(_dot_)org> writes:
q-p is "quoted-printable", an encoding scheme for text. Encoded
q-p text is more or less readable, but it can interfere with
quick grepping of messages because it works by introducing
additional characters. For that reason, I don't use automimeproc.
(And printable ASCII characters don't need to be encoded.)
OH!! That's the standard with all the ='s. It's an invention of the devil.
Well, the 78 character limit is a "SHOULD" rather than a "MUST".
It's in sec. 2.1.1 of RFC 5322 (and 2822), which begins:
There are two limits that this standard places on the number
of characters in a line. Each line of characters MUST be no
more than 998 characters, and SHOULD be no more than 78
characters, excluding the CRLF.
OK. When editing a message file, (more precisely when editing a file, in my
drafts folder whose name consists of 1 or mores digits) my editor now defaults
to windows 78-1 columns wide.
Norman Shapiro
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