Re: script to convert those =?? to HTML tags [was Re: LYNX-DEV ftp files]

[Larry W. Virden, x2487]

I'm trying to catch up on the 100+ lynx-dev msgs in my mailbox - be patient...

From: David Woolley <address@hidden>
Message-Id: <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: script to convert those =?? to HTML tags [was Re: LYNX-DEV ftp 
files]
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 00:14:02 +0000 (GMT)

> correctly, rather than sending it in violation of the protocol specs.  The
> only real problem is that it tends to be sent unnecessarily, e.g. most
> of the mail on this list which triggers metamail doesn't actually require
> the use of MIME features.   (Microsoft may tend to use it because they think
> paragraphs are one long line; however it predated Microsoft's discovery
> of the internet.)

The primary place I tend to see these sorts of things happen is when someone
is using a Mac or a Win32 based application and the software is determined
to use some special character for quotes - instead of using " , ', or - they
use 'smart quotes' and other specials.  The Mac is notorious for this - 
using the 'true' left and right quotes instead of the lower ASCII ones.
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