Subject: Re: Text as attachment is Base64-encoded?

From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 08:44:05 -0700 (PDT)

Yes, this is the correct behavior.  We base this on the requirement that 
an extracted attachment be identical to the original.  Only BASE64 
encoding guarantees this.  Some would argue that Quoted Printable would 
be better for text, but it does not *guarantee* complete preservation of 
an attachment.

|\ |  |\/|  David L. Miller    [email-masked]  (206) 685-6240
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1993, Ng Pheng Siong wrote:

> Sorry if this is old hat - I've only begun using Pine since 3.85.
> 
> When I send a text file as an attachment, it says content type is
> text/plain; charset=us-ascii, but then the next line says content
> transfer encoding is base64. And the text file is encoded.
> 
> Is it correct behaviour? 
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> - PS
> -- 
> Ng Pheng Siong * [email-masked] * [email-masked]
> Computer Centre, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore