MIME 1.0

[Kelley]

At 04:46 PM 11/6/01 -0500, Matt Cramer wrote:
>On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Question for all you geeks out there - why isn't there a version of
> > MIME beyond 1.0?
>
><snit dick-sling-o-meter flame-bait>
>
>Real geeks know that MIME is the spawn of the devil, and that 7bit ASCII
>is all anyone should ever use with email.
>
>How geeks transmit text: mono-spaced font, with reasonable line-wraps
>How geeks transmit data: ftp, rcp, scp (best), http (when in a pinch), but
>      never, ever, smtp (email)
>How geeks send emails that include boldface, various colours, and imbeded
>      html: they don't - no one *needs* bold latters, and if they do, they
>      should use ASCII like --- ^^^^^^^   Also, geeks tend to think that
>      people that send html email don't send things worth reading (I
>      concur).
>
>"The people that invented MIME should be dragged into the street and
>shot."  --Marcus Ranum

rut ro. i was going to write the same thing! :)

ding ding ding!

kelley