From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 22:51:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B202A16A426 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:51:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net (smtp5.suscom.net [64.78.83.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 489DA43D45 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:51:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E076B5102B5; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:51:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp5.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08540-01-78; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:51:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B4AE51029D; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:51:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:51:05 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: Chuck Swiger Sender: Gerard@smtp5.suscom.net, Seibert@smtp5.suscom.net In-Reply-To: <42DD0B20.6030006@mac.com> References: <20050719094641.3355.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> <42DD0B20.6030006@mac.com> Message-Id: <20050719184632.ABDE.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.21.03 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: `Content-Transfer-Encoding' & SendMail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gerard-seibert@suscom.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:51:14 -0000 On Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:16:00 AM Chuck Swiger wrote: > Gerard Seibert wrote: > [ ...relaying email via your ISP... ] > > 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? > > Nothing, really. Any MTA along the delivery path is allowed to change the > encoding to quoted-printable, and many MTA's will do so even if the other side > advertizes the 8BITMIME ESMTP extension. > > You can avoid seeing that header if you send mail that does not contain > non-printable characters, or if the receiving MTA converts the mail back to an > 8-bit format. > > -- > -Chuck ********** Reply Separator ********** Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:46:32 PM If I send a message through my ISP and do not use SendMail, the mail arrives as I sent it. If I throw SendMail into the mix, it always arrives as quoted-printable. I checked with my ISP. They claim that the mail is being changed on my end. They do not alter the Content-Transfer-Encoding method. -- Gerard E. Seibert gerard-seibert@suscom.net