On 7 December 2010 13:42, Michael Snoyman <mich...@snoyman.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've gotten a request for the mime-mail package that I'd like some > input on. Right now, there's the ability to fully specify whether or > not to base64-encode each part in a message, but the included > simpleMail function defaults to non-encoded parts for both its HTML > and plain text alternatives. This has apparently caused some issues > where long HTML strings have been word-wrapped at bad locations, > causing breakage in the meaning of the markup. > > The request is to make both the HTML and plain text parts use base64 > encoding by default. This *seems* to me to make a lot of sense, since > it will ensure that your message arrives exactly as you intended it, > and will ensure that any non-ASCII code points don't get killed > somewhere along the way. On the other hand, I'm not sure what client > support is like for base-64 encoding. Don't we need to leave *some* > form of non-encoded data for less sophisticated email clients? >
What does the wrapping here? My understanding of the symptom is that newlines are sometimes inserted between the < and / of a closing HTML tag, breaking the tag and leaving stray markup in the file. Would it be possible to either not do the wrapping, or to avoid putting newlines inside a tag? Conrad. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
