Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:18:51 +0200 From: "Norbert Koch" <NKoch@demig.de> To: <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: `Content-Transfer-Encoding' & SendMail Message-ID: <000b01c58c75$2b53c660$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG> In-Reply-To: <20050719094641.3355.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net>
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> I have SendMail configured with the Smart_Host directive: > > define(~SMART_HOST'. `my.isp.com') since they are blocking out bound > port 25. This works well. > > The problem I am experiencing is that all mail sent this way has the > following in the email header: > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I do not want to use that encoding specifically at all times. Even when > set within my mail program for something else, such as 8-bit, it is > still converted to the above format. > > What can I do to prevent this from happening? >From my naive understanding of the smtp protocol I think that your sendmail and your provider's sendmail|qmail|postfix ask each other about supported encodings. When I telnet to my mail provider's port 25 and manually submit an EHLO I see a list of 250 responses. One shows me '250 8bitmime'. So I'd suggest you test this with your provider. Norbert
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