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Subject:Re[2]: TECHWR-L Digest - 9 Jul 1996 to 10 Jul 1996 From:Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM Date:Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:17:00 -0600
All: Please don't send mime format. It is unreadable and fills up
memory.
Thanks. Marilyn
Actually:
a) It's quite readable, with the right converter, just as any other mailing
format (such as binhexing or uuencoding) is.
b) It's a standard format developed (by an IETF committee) for transferring
documents over the Internet.
and. most importantly,
c) MIME-encoding and decoding is quite often done by the local gateway,
which is both transparent to and not under the control of the user, so
those who send it probably have no way of *not* sending it. (In my case, I
know there are certain conditions in which I cannot *not* send MIME
messages.)
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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