On Feb 16,  3:13pm, Valtteri Vuorikoski wrote:
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>> =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=
>
> This is MIME quoted-printable. 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.

When I see it in the body of messages, it's merely annoying.  When it
crops up in code (bug reports, patches), it's downright disgusting.
Several days ago, someone sent a message to one of the lists that
contained a fair amount of code, and every '=' was translated to '=3D'.

Yuck.

~Steve

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