Just a cautionary note (from a private discussion, reprinted with
permission) to urge restraint before leaping into MIME
Paul E. Hoffman wrote:
> MIME objects are bad for mail list members who don't have intelligently
> MIME-enhanced MUAs, which I think is still the vast majority of people
> (such as AOL users...). I'd say, don't even go down that path.
To which I replied:
>As you may have seen, there have been some who have been touting MIME as
>the end-all be-all solution for today, despite the lack of current tools to
>handle it.
>
>I think that down the road it may be usable, so we should prepare for that
>too. But it won't solve the problem today - rather it will add more
>problems.
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