Linux-Hams archive - June 1998: lnxforward problems solved

lnxforward problems solved

Mike Bilow (EEST)
Tue, 30 Jun 98 18:54:00 -0000


Tomi Manninen wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

TM> Why would you need quoted-unreadable? Isn't your mailer 8
TM> bit clean? I'd guess you need DOS<->ISO conversion and that
TM> should be rather easy with "tr".

Whether 8-bit cleanliness is present is usually negotiated between two MTAs in
real time using ESMTP or some comparable protocol. When that is not possible,
as with UUCP or other store and forward systems, 8-bit cleanliness should not
be assumed.

-- Mike