Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 22:59:43 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Shaun Rowland <rowland@cis.ohio-state.edu> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, alk@pobox.com, robert@kudra.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: base64 Message-ID: <199903080559.WAA28627@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <87bti4fzva.fsf@dhcp9547172.columbus.rr.com> References: <14048.10089.598598.919239@avalon.east> <36E07AEC.101F3467@newsguy.com> <14048.48864.918087.631128@avalon.east> <19990306095927.B53145@kudra.com> <14049.29637.311448.247778@avalon.east> <199903080209.TAA28284@mt.sri.com> <87bti4fzva.fsf@dhcp9547172.columbus.rr.com>
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> > MIME attachments are *NOT* the standard form of email used on the > > internet. As a matter of fact, I would venture to guess that 99% of the > > email traffic on the internet does not contain MIME attachments. Many > > ISP's are now refusing to accept MIME attachments due to the spreading > > of virus's and SPAM. > > MIME attachments are extensions to the SMTP protocol, and are as such > definitely standards. I didn't say they weren't a standard, but they aren't the 'standard' way of sending email. Plain-text is the standard email format. > SPAM has nothing to do with MIME either. Tell that to my parents, who get bombarded with sex-gifs and such. :( Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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