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    SubjectRe: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin
    On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 05:34:12PM +0100, Jochen Friedrich wrote:
    > Hi Larry,
    >
    > > with the difference being that BK has an optional way of wrapping
    > > them up in uuencode (or whatever) so that mailers don't stomp on them.
    >
    > isn't that just the same as sending them as attchment? And isn't that
    > discouraged?

    We have a generic wrapping/unwrapping mechanism. The wrapping can be as
    draconian as a uuencode/mimencoded attachment or as light as a crc envelope.
    We don't care, we're mechanism providers in this area, not policy setters.
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    Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm
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