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Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:38:53 -0400
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Re: Listserv Splitting MIME Boundary String
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 18:22:58 EDT, you said:
> The problem is when the string contains a space.  I believe the RFC not
> only allows the space, the space can be replaced with "whitespace" which
> allows Listserv to legally fold the line at the space.  Many mailers
> don't like that.

I believe the next revision of the MIME spec will address this bozosity by
prohibiting whitespace inside the delimeter.

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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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