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Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:

> It makes me think that there really isn't anything that wrong with MIME,
> it's just that [almost] all the existing implementations suck.

Exactly my impression, too.  For years, I had the impression that the
worst enemies of MIME are those implementing it. :-)

I'm not really a MIME lover, I find it a bit oldish already, and there are
limitations to it.  However, I think MIME addresses real problems, and
it is nearly the only solution at hand that has a some chance to become
widely accepted.  It is taking really many long years to get there.
I hardly imagine all the time it will take for some next better step! :-)

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