Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 05:34:45 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> To: jhs@jhs.muc.de Cc: swun@eSec.com.au, postmaster@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Avoid sending false Content-Type: ... charset= to BSD lists. Message-ID: <20001127133445.580FA37B479@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200011262232.eAQMUqW15902@jhs.muc.de>
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when quoting email intothe freebsd mailing lists, you must remove the "X-Loop: FreeBSD.org" header. we use this header to stop mailing loops, which plagued us till the header was added. if an email is sent to the list with the "X-Loop: FreeBSD.org" header, that email will be sent to the list of bounced messages. would you have me remove the "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312" header or delete the "charset=gb2312" portion? jmb > > Articles should not be sent to international FreeBSD lists with > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 > It is wrong - there is no GuangBao or whatever chinese content on > international lists, & it misleads mail reader software capable of displaying > non latin scripts, EG EXMH-2.1.1 (from FreeBSD-4.1.1 ports/mail/exmh2) > to construct & displays Chinese random noise from what was intended as a > meaningful latin fonted posting. > > Perhaps postmaster@freebsd.org might add the above to the majordomo > list description available to new subscribers (if not already included) ? > > There's an example mistake below from Sam Wun, but I think this mistake > has been made by other senders too, & I guess some receivers have until now > just reacted: "Illegible - Delete" ? > > ------- Forwarded Message > [snip] > References: <NEBBIONCAPPDEJNFIAEGCEIDCAAA.freebsd@m2mtechnology.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG [snip] > Precedence: bulk > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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