Re: [exim] TNEF

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Author: Mark Elkins
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To: The Doctor
CC: Exim, Always Learning
Subject: Re: [exim] TNEF
What if exim did some internal TNEF translation on demand, as in for
local delivery, preparing the e-mail ready for reading?

The alternative is to patch every e-mail reader (MUA) to make them TNEF
ready.

I think that is what is being suggested?

On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 12:22 -0700, The Doctor wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 05:17:04PM +0000, Always Learning wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 09:18 -0700, The Doctor wrote:
> >
> > > You can use tnef to extract winmail.dat and then replace the contents accordingly.
> >
> > Why would any person using open-source and free Exim want to start
> > playing about with expensive and propriety Microsoft-Only file formats ?
> >
> > Exim's task is to receive and send emails. It does this excellently.
>
> Problem is that on the other side
> a client has to perform gymnastics so that they can read to
> proprietary sent e-mail.
>
> >
> >
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> > England,
> > EU.
> >
> >    Our systems are exclusively Linux. No Micro$oft Windoze here.

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