Re: [Nmh-workers] Features for 1.6

[Michael Richardson]

Ken Hornstein <address@hidden> wrote:
    >> I use mh-e, so it's really not, for me, MH's problem.  What I would
    >> prefer is an MH-level filter that transforms format=fakeflowed into
    >> real format=flowed.  (I would really like that filter to stick in
    >> front of mailman too..).  So the stuff on disk would be
    >> format=flowed!!!

    > If you can figure out a reasonable algorithm to detect
    > format=fakeflowed, I'm all ears.  I don't really think it needs to be
    > on-disk ... if all of the utilities output it properly, then why is
    > that necessary?

1) grep.  ( I also want the base64, and quoted printable removed...)
2) I think that mh-e uses the files directly, but I could be wrong.
3) active vs passive data.

    >> everyone else is afraid to do something that would confuse outlook
    >> users.

    > I am under the impression that most MUAs can HANDLE format=flowed just
    > fine.  It's just they don't send it when they should.

I'm not convinced, but maybe we should do the experiment.

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