Re: [leafnode-list] Why was support for 8 bit characters in headers

[peter@xxxxxxxxx (Peter N. M. Hansteen)]

peter@xxxxxxxxx (Peter N. M. Hansteen) writes:

> than in most other places. The 8 bit consensus was reached at a time
> when the only other alternative visible on the horizon was base64
> quoted-printable (aka quoted-unreadable), and was seen as a reasonable
> easily-converted-to option. Several years on, we see that flag days

OOPS. that should have been, "... and was å-bit seen as a reasonable
and easily-converted-to option" 

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Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team
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