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Date:      Mon, 2 Dec 1996 12:41:19 +0100
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Inferno for FreeBSD.
Message-ID:  <199612021141.MAA00264@campa.panke.de>
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19961201225723.roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.961129181531.4983C-100000@modem.eng.umd.edu> <329F9E2B.1E49@mail.idt.net> <Mutt.19961130105432.roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> <199612011308.OAA03585@campa.panke.de> <Mutt.19961201225723.roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>

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Ollivier Robert writes:
>According to Wolfram Schneider:
>> Why we use a ">" and not a space or tab? A ">" may destroy 
>> latex documents (see UNIX-HATERS handbook page 79-81).
>There are several ways to handle it:
>1. use "quoted-printable" as C-T-E: and =46 in place of "F",

I vote for 1. It works for all mail clients and does not
destroy the mail body.


>2. use >From (the Standard Way(TM)),
>3. use Content-Length (only SVR4's mail generates it).
>It depends on both your MTA and MUA...

Wolfram



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