Re: handling 8-bit

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

By way of trying to find a path out of this maze, let me suggest:
    
    The problem is coming up with a heuristic which can be used to differentiat
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    between "text" and "octet-stream". Consider what you'd do with the followin
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    cases, as an MTA, as an MUA, and as a MIME-ifier:

The current specs _must not_ attempt any heuristics.  We should specify
a small set of simple rules, such as "only mime is to be sent as
8-bit" or "server must explicitly declare the category of messages it
is willing to receive" or somesuch.  We simply must find a way to keep
this protocol and its spec simple. (IMHO)
    
Dave