[ale] Anyone looking for a new gig?

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Thu Oct 2 14:07:23 EDT 2008


Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:06:00PM -0400, ALElistRIG at lanta.com wrote:
>> Hi Everybody,
> 
> Thanks, but no.  You can't even send an email properly.
> 
>  * Charset should be UTF-8, not the depreciated ISO-8859-1.
> 
>  * Your mail contained mostly ASCII characters, and yet you used base64
>  encoding.  WTF?  A waste of bandwidth.  Use QP encoding, which is easy
>  for anyone to read, with or without a mailreader that supports MIME.
>  It also saves bandwidth.  See the MIME RFCs and submit a bug report to
>  your email client vendor.
> 
> In the meantime, go find something that works.

Jeesh, lighten up.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin


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