From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: RMAIL, MIME clean-up, coding system Date: 07 Oct 2003 17:59:46 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200310051053.h95ArIwj001185@oak.pohoyda.family> <1659-Tue07Oct2003232035+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065564096 24113 80.91.224.253 (7 Oct 2003 22:01:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:01:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alexander Pohoyda , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 08 00:01:34 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6zte-0008R9-00 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:01:34 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6ztd-0002jM-00 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:01:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6ztT-0004GA-DY for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:01:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A6zsd-000439-CG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:00:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A6zs4-0003lD-V6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 18:00:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6zs4-0003kH-EP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:59:56 -0400 Original-Received: from vor.iro.umontreal.ca (vor.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.42]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h97LxlKS009986; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:59:48 -0400 Original-Received: by vor.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0B2453C549; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:59:46 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: <1659-Tue07Oct2003232035+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-MailScanner-DIRO: Found to be clean X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16990 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16990 > [I think this discussion belongs to the development list; redirected.] The context is missing. >> Using a message-global X-Coding-System header field is not an option >> anymore. > Sorry, I don't see why not; we could, for example, use emacs-mule, > right? Just a reminder that we shouldn't fiddle too much with the encoding of MIME email since things like gpg signatures might otherwise get broken. I recommend using the "transport encoding" as is: after all, we have to handle this encoding anyway. Of course, for lack of context, I might be barking up the wrong tree. Stefan