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Re: #<buffer *nntpd*> and split-fancy-:-unparseable base64-encoded heade


From: Teemu Likonen
Subject: Re: #<buffer *nntpd*> and split-fancy-:-unparseable base64-encoded header.
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:56:59 +0300
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.50 (gnu/linux)

Alexandre Garreau [2018-09-23 10:57:57+02] wrote:

> Le 23/09/2018 à 09h05, Teemu Likonen a écrit :
>> There is variable nnmail-mail-splitting-decodes which, [...]

> Why isn’t this behavior the default? is there any advantage to parse
> the yet-encoded content (maybe its encoding?) or still big issue by
> decoding before rather than after?

I don't know but I certainly think that non-nil would be better default
for nnmail-mail-splitting-decodes. Encoded headers are the norm (MIME)
and only decoded headers are meaningful for people and mail splitting.
The receiver can't control whether the headers come in encoded or plain
format.

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