Re: [tlug] Hotmail mail encoding

[Stuart Luppescu <slu@example.com>]

On æ, 2007-04-23 at 10:26 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Stuart Luppescu writes:
> 
>  > <DIV
>  > =class=3DRTE>=E2=80=9A=C2=B1=E2=80=9A=C3=B1=E2=80=9A=C3=89=E2=80=9A=C2=BF=E2=
>  > =80=9A=C3=8D=C2=81B</DIV>
> 
> Are you sure that's not
> 
> <DIV =
> class=3DRTE>=E2=80=9A=C2=B1=E2=80=9A=C3=B1=E2=80=9A=C3=89=E2=80=9A=C2=BF=E2=
> =80=9A=C3=8D=C2=81B</DIV>
> 
> (note how the leading "=" of the second line becomes a trailing one in
> the first line; line breaks are significant here)?

You're right: it was the latter. I tried to make the whole thing one
line without wrapping, but corrupted it in the process.

> If it's the former, it's a very broken quoted-printable encoding (ie,
> ASCII armor) that any self-respecting MUA will refuse to decode.  If
> the latter, it's compatible with UTF-8 encoded with quoted-printable,
> decoding to gibberish (as far as I can tell).
> 
> I guess you just have to make sure that you send mail to Hotmail as
> ISO-2022-JP, as Neils says.

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