This I-D announcement (based on the abstract) seems to offer a useful
compatibility facility. Given that 1113 (previous version of PEM)
is explicitly supported, is there a reason why 1421 can't also be
supported in the same fashion?
--jl
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This memo suggests a file format to be used to inform multiple mail reading
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