RFC 2646:The Text/Plain Format Parameter
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... Text/Plain, and, in the presence of this parameter, the use of trailing whitespace to indicate flowed lines. This results in an encoding which appears as normal Text/Plain in older implementations, since it is in fact ...


... [Quoted-Printable] encoding SHOULD NOT be used with Format=Flowed unless absolutely necessary (for example, non-US-ASCII (8-bit ...
... line breaks, space-stuffing, and [Quoted-Printable] encoding (to protect soft line breaks) before being digitally signed or encrypted ...


... applying format=flowed in these cases, as format=fixed combined with quoted-printable encoding may be more suitable. ...



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