Subject: sendmail [8.7] & Pine [3.91] CUT's mail [29 lines]

From: Leif Erlingsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 14:12:43 +0100

The new code in mime.c in sendmail 8.7 is able to convert 8bitMIME to
7bitMIME. Normal text with national 8-bit characters turn into 
Quoted-Printable. This happens when the sendmail at the other end isn't 
Mime-aware, and the text is properly labeled as 8bit, the way a
Mime-aware MUA like eg Exmh would do. (Or Pine 3.91-8bit, a patch available
from [email-masked] with "Subject: Retrieve pine-for-8bit".)

Pine 3.91 also converts such texts to 7bitMIME, Quoted-Printable.

The PROBLEM is that most sentences people write end in a `.', and that
both mime.c and Pine 3.91 will wrap lines 74 / 76 characters long or
longer, even if the 74'th or 76'th character is a `.'. (mime.c: 74,
Pine: 76. This count is AFTER the national characters have been
converted to Q-P.)

Why is this a problem?

Because both sendmail 8.7 and Pine 3.91 will place the 74'th or 76'th
character on the next line. If this character is a `.' and no other
characters follow, MANY MAILERS AND DELIVERY AGENTS OUT THERE WILL CUT
THIS MAIL AT THIS POINT!

See [now probably Expired] USENET News article from 2 or 3 Oct named
`E-Mail CUT TO 1/2.', or re-post contained in News article posted
Fri, 13 OCT 1995, named `400 lines. Pine3.91-8bit Patch, Send.......'

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