Re: mbox quoting (was: Re: Gnus, movemail, POP3, trailing empty lines)

[Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@PrescientTech.com>]

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>>>>> "PA" == Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

PA> Using "old" quoting on an "old" box will also break things, and worse
PA> than either of the two above.

PA> 	"old" + "old" gives you: much damage, but damage we are used to.

No... because one will never perform quoting on an old mbox, under the
assumption that if any quoting is necessary on that mbox has already
been performed.  The old mbox is never dequoted, so further quoting is
unnecessary.

PA> 	"old" + "new" gives you: less, but different, damage.

If so, it is because the new algorithm is broken.  If a message body has
been quoted it should not be quoted again.  This "new" algorithm
blatantly transforms the message body when such transformation may be
unnecessary.  If any damage occours to the message due to this
transformation it is clearly the algorithm that is responsible.

PA> 	"new" + "new" gives you: no damage.

PA> The only way to avoid breaking things is "new" quoting on a "new" box.

No, because most modern MUAs know about the standard/conventional
method.  What you are proposing will (or at least may) break them even
if it does not damage messages in Gnus.

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