[RP TownTalk] Like the Digest? Try it in MIME format

Lou King lking at knob.com
Thu Sep 20 00:54:06 UTC 2007


Rob I believe you answered you own musing.

By defaulting to PLAIN TEXT the digest works even for those 'few email 
programs [that] cannot handle MIME.'

Good programmers should try to be all inclusive, at least by default.

Lou

Rob Oppenheim wrote:
>  Strangely, PLAIN TEXT is the default digest format (even though the 
> software recommends the MIME format).
>  
> A few email programs cannot handle MIME. But for most people 
> MIME is far better.
>  
>
>   




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