From: J.B. Moreno (planb@newsreaders.com)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2001 - 22:31:57 CDT
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Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:
> In news.software.readers, Andrew Gierth
> <andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> > Robert> So why fold in the first place? (drumroll...)
>
> > hmm. I think I need to take a few potshots at that too - the folding
> > stuff is just bogus nonsense for headers like Path, Newsgroups or Xref
> > which need to be reliably machine-parsed.
>
> I wish you luck; I and a few other vocal people managed to get rid of MIME
> attributes in those headers (aie) and I settled for good enough.
Even if it is going to be allowed, it should be a SHOULD not at this
point because of incompatibilities with current software.
-- JBM "Your depression will be added to my own" -- Marvin of Borg