On 20-Aug-23 08:58, Warren Kumari wrote:
On Fri, Aug 18 2023 at 7:21 PM, George Michaelson <ggm@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ggm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I have used a mixture of plaintext (MH) and marked up mail since Diamond from BBN in the mid-80s. Diamond was interesting but painful.
I say this to point out that the problems of mixed format mail have been with us since before the IETF existed.
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I think "we can't solve this" is defeatist and "we can solve this" is hubristic.
Cute!
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My question is only whether we can mitigate the problem (which this thread is naturally enough now exhibiting very well).
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