# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-25 15:52:42 -0800:
> Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It is also true though, that flawed mail clients can push down into
> > the connection to their outgoing SMTP server messages that do not have
> > proper headers to allow the server to parse and convert the 8-bit
> > characters correctly. This is often cause by either a) bugs in the
> > mail client software, or b) misconfigured clients.
>
> I thought SMTP mail servers didn't touch the body of messages. One mail
> client encodes stuff via MIME protocols to 7-bit data which it places in
> the body, servers pass it around (changing headers), and another client
> decodes the 7-bit body via MIME. You seem to imply that servers mess
> with the body. Why would it need to? Mind explaining?
Please read RFC 2045. It's pretty short and easy to parse.
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