In <dc74548a025aff4a85f46926802a9b230243f...@chsa1035.share.beluni.net>,
on 12/11/2008
at 04:07 PM, "Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)"
<peter.hunke...@credit-suisse.com> said:
>It is used to properly (not securely) transport "binary"
>data through text based interfaces (e.g. email).
It's used to transport 8-bit data through a 7-bit text interface; it's not
needed to transmit 8-bit text through 8-bit text interfaces, including
e-mail. Since you put binary in quotes, I assume that you meant 8-bit
text.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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