Re: mx.gnus.org being very strict

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
> Is there any difficulty with creating a custom header such as:
> 
> To: destination@dd.re.ss
> Subject: my subject
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> Content-Type: text/x-patch; charset="utf-8"

I suspect that there is no coherent `charset' for the patch; it's just
bytes.

Anyway, you know the old rule: be conservative in what you produce,
and liberal in what you accept.  So yeah, it'd be nice if everyone
would use lots of headers, but rejecting mail outright because there
are no mime-headers on 8-bit mail is a bit overly strict.

It's the MUA and the recipient that are going to have a problem with the
email, if there is one -- and for the same reason, they're also the best
placed to judge whether there _is_ a problem.

-Miles
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