Variable: mm-use-ultra-safe-encoding

mm-use-ultra-safe-encoding is a variable defined in mm-encode.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, use encodings aimed at Procrustean bed survival.

This means that textual parts are encoded as quoted-printable if they contain lines longer than 76 characters or starting with "From " in the body. Non-7bit encodings (8bit, binary) are generally disallowed. This is to reduce the probability that a broken MTA or MDA changes the message.

This variable should never be set directly, but bound before a call to mml-generate-mime or similar functions.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el.gz
(defvar mm-use-ultra-safe-encoding nil
  "If non-nil, use encodings aimed at Procrustean bed survival.

This means that textual parts are encoded as quoted-printable if they
contain lines longer than 76 characters or starting with \"From \" in
the body.  Non-7bit encodings (8bit, binary) are generally disallowed.
This is to reduce the probability that a broken MTA or MDA changes the
message.

This variable should never be set directly, but bound before a call to
`mml-generate-mime' or similar functions.")