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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1999-03-09 16:25:45 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1999-03-09 16:25:45 +0000
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Document that mimedecode is on by default.
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inserted by some buggy POP servers are unconditionally discarded.)
.PP
The `mimedecode' option controls whether MIME messages using the
-quoted-printable encoding are automatically converted into pure
-8-bit data. If you are delivering mail to an ESMTP-capable,
-8-bit-clean listener (that includes all of the major programs
-like sendmail), then this will automatically convert quoted-printable
-message headers and data into 8-bit data, making it easier to
-understand when reading mail. If your e-mail programs know how to
-deal with MIME messages, then this option is not needed.
+quoted-printable encoding are automatically converted into pure 8-bit
+data. If you are delivering mail to an ESMTP-capable, 8-bit-clean
+listener (that includes all of the major MTAs like sendmail), then
+this will automatically convert quoted-printable message headers and
+data into 8-bit data, making it easier to understand when reading
+mail. If your e-mail programs know how to deal with MIME messages,
+then this option is not needed (but does no harm). The mimedecode
+option is on by default.
.PP
The `properties' option is an extension mechanism. It takes a string
argument, which is ignored by fetchmail itself. The string argument may be