> On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Ken Nakata wrote:
> 
> > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
> > 
> > Would you mind *not* using iso-8859-1 8-bit characters in e-mails?  It
> > is discouraged to use 8-bit characters in the Internet email messages
> > (RFC number slipped away from my brain).  Thanks.
> 
>  This is MIME quoted-printable.

Right, so it's not 8-bit chars.

> If there's an RFC against using 8-bit 
> characters, then there should be an RFC stating that people who use 
> quoted-printable should be taken behind the sauna and terminated.

Only ASCII characters (0-127) should be in the message body, as I
recall.  I'll dig it up later.  MIME quoted chars are okay, since
they are represented in only 7-bit ASCII chars.

ken