On 01.04.20 17:33, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 03:35:01PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: >>>> We would either need to switch Andrew to a set of tools that handle >>>> 7bit legacy formats better, or figure out how you can send things >>>> via MTAs that won't convert from 8bit to quoted-printable. Maybe >>>> you can convince Red Hat to set up their relays to always preserve >>>> 8bit? >>> >>> I'll give it a try, but I think it's rather unlikely ... :) >> >> So, people are looking into. Literally any mail that goes via Mimecast >> servers (at least sent by me!) is converted *for whatever reason* to >> quoted-printable. > > I mean, it's not *wrong* to do that -- older mail standards required > that all MTA-to-MTA communication should be done in 7bit. But we're > literally talking previous-century legacy protocols here. Forcefully > converting all mail to 7bit is about the most 90s thing you can do these > days, short of being really into mullets and Arsenio Hall. The last sentence really made my day, thanks :D > >> E.g., patches I punched out today via "git send-email" even have the >> line continuations thingy again (they disappeared for a while, maybe >> there are different MTAs involved and it's like playing the lottery) > > Those show up when your lines are longer than 76 characters. Because, > you know, otherwise the message would be too wide to fit through the > ethernet cable. Yeah, however, the mail servers I'm using are not doing this consistently. Maybe some of them are more advanced than others :) Let's see if IT can teach these mail servers about the 21 century ... -- Thanks, David / dhildenb
