Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA00993; Thu, 30 Nov 1995 14:25:06 -0500 Received: by cs.cs.utk.edu (bulk_mailer v1.3); Thu, 30 Nov 1995 14:24:44 -0500 Received: from dionysos.fmi.fi by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA00932; Thu, 30 Nov 1995 14:24:39 -0500 Received: (from hurtta@localhost) by dionysos.fmi.fi (8.7.2/8.7.2/rewrite-2) id VAA07670; Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:24:27 +0200 (EET) From: "Kari E. Hurtta" Message-Id: <199511301924.VAA07670@dionysos.fmi.fi> Subject: Re: On the use of 8-bit transfer To: MAILNEWS-L@SEGATE.SUNET.SE (mailnews-l) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:24:26 +0200 (EET) Cc: drums@cs.utk.edu, ratause@dsv.su.se In-Reply-To: from "Jacob Palme" at Nov 30, 95 05:38:27 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8b+] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jacob Palme kirjoittaa: > If 8-bit is customary in Usenet News, but should be avoided in > e-mail, then this means that if the same message is sent to both > news and e-mail, or forwarded between these two environments, > then the message may have to be translated from 8-bit to 7-bit > format (using Quoted-Printable or Base64) or the reverse in > gateways between news and e-mail. Is this correct? If 8BITMIME extension of Extended SMTP is not available, message will be needed to be converted to 7-bit format. If 8BITMIME extension is available, it will take care of conversion to 7-bit in event when some MTA does not support 8BITMIME. [ 8BITMIME (RFC 1652) is Draft Standard Protocol ] [ ESMTP is part of STD 10 (RFC 1869) -- so it is Standard Protocol ] So I think that this gives answer to direction Usenet News -> (E)SMTP Mail I can't say correct answer to questions: 1) Should 8-bit to be used in Usenet News? 1b) Is it 8bit safe? 2) Should MIME to be used in Usenet News? 2b) How is about using content-transfer-encodings of MIME? There is not document what talks about using MIME in Usenet News.