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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Suppose I send a binary file as an attachment, and it is encoded in
> quoted-printable rather than base64.  I'm thinking maybe strange
> things might happen to line endings in that file.  For if I send it
> from a Unix system to a Windows system, \n can become \r\n on the way.
> 
> Does this really happen?  Can it really happen?
> 
> If this really happens, then I think this would be a good reason to
> refrain from using QP for binary files.  Gnus fairly often uses QP for
> PDF files.

I've changed the default to base64 instead of qp-or-base64.

ShengHuo