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[Eric A. Hall]

On 5/3/2004 5:15 PM, ned.freed at mrochek.com wrote:

>> I'm unconvinced that they're not used with local line conventions on 
>> some platforms.
> 
> You're right to be unconvinced. I routinely use mbox format files on
> several different platforms with different line termination conventions
> and I always use whatever the local convension happens to be.

The couple of systems I've tested don't seem to care either way. Based on
your comments, I'd hazard the guess that eol conversion is okay.

That means it doesn't have to be application/* anymore. Would it be more
useful in text/*? It shouldn't be message/* given the other deformities.

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