> From:
owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org]
> On Behalf Of David Given
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:28 AM
> To: obsd-misc
> Subject: Mailing list issues (was: Microsoft gets the Most
> Secure Operating Systems award)
>
> Die Gestalt wrote:
> [...]
> > ScheiC[1F]e? Merde?
>
> Incidentally, from Gestalt's headers:
>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> I've been noticing for a while that openbsd-misc appears to be
> unilaterally changing the transfer-encoding header to 7bit without
> actually reencoding the message body, which is just not on. Gestalt's
> message arrived with a 0x1F control code in it because of
> this, which is
> extremely antisocial. (I changed that in the quoted text above!)
>
> I appreciate the sentiment in trying to keep the messages
> clean, but if
> people want to change the transfer encoding or charset, they really
> *have to* reencode while they're at it, or the result is nonsense ---
> you can see that Gestalt's message is billed as 7bit UTF-8. Not to
> mention that it's deeply unfriendly to anyone who doesn't
> speak us-ascii.
>
> What mailing list software does the list use?
>
> --
> David Given
>
dg@cowlark.com
