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Re: Brock's size test

1999-12-24 16:07:35
Rik wrote,

| There is, however, an obvious problem with this type of solution, and
| that problem is probably more evident when dealing with large messages.

Well, only the backup copy is truncated.

| That problem is engendered by the increasing use of mime encodings
| in mail (and no, I don't mean that I think use of mime is a problem,
| in fact I welcome it).

Given that 99+% of MIME-wrapped messages should have been sent as single-part
plain text anyway, if someone wants to waste bytes on MIME wrapping, it's the
sender's fault when more of the meat of the message is hacked off as a result.

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