In article <3Ts3ykW2vXXD092yn@daina.bga.com>,
mikus@bga.com (Mikus Grinbergs) wrote:
> In article <fHn3y4uYO9TR089yn@stack.nl>,
> galactus@stack.nl (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet) wrote:
> >
> > Except when you try to reply to the message, then the quoted stuff
> > is still present. Would it be difficult to write an interface to
> > unquote QP messages before handing them to the editor?
>
> Here's a "philosophy" question: If the message that arrives at your
> computer contains =xx strings, and you want to quote that message,
> what's wrong with using the text "as received" ?
The problem is that you lose the information in the QP-stuff. The
original sender will see lots of strange stuff in your reply, and
might get confused.
> (I realize 8x and 9x code points are supposed to be "reserved" in
> iso-8859-1. However, some Macintoshes still use these code points.)]
Too bad for them, then. If they use those positions, they're broken
and deserve what they get.
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