From: colin.randall2@gmail.com   
      
   On 20/04/2023 19:55, Viatrix wrote:   
   > On 2023-04-20T19:12:04+0100, Colin Randall    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> hi ... i'm curious how you knew (could tell) it had 'flowed format' ?   
   >> or is it possible TB has provided this as an option in a recent   
   >> update ? i would've expected to have encountered this issue with   
   >> Mozilla tools previously   
   >   
   > I could tell because my newsreader has an option to view the raw source   
   > of a message, and your messages from Thunderbird had the following   
   > Content-Type header:   
   >   
   > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed   
   >   
   > (note the "; format=flowed" at the end)   
   >   
   > I think Thunderbird's used Format=Flowed as its default when sending   
   > for decades now, but it often goes unnoticed as Format=Flowed tries to   
   > be as unobtrusive as possible (however the "space-stuffing" was, in   
   > fact, intrusive here). I believe some mailing lists have had problems   
   > with Thunderbird due to its use of Format=Flowed too.   
   thanks ... reading up about it shows development from around 2005 or   
   earlier by Qualcomm Eudora for cell-phone usage due to tiny displays   
      
   not good for ascii-art   
      
   their response:   
      
     Sometimes we do things with ASCII text that get munged up by reformatting,   
     like using ^^^ under a word to emphasize it. f=f can undo that work.   
      
     On the other hand, almost no one reads mail with the monospaced font   
     necessary to understand that kind of ASCII markup – no one with   
     an f=f-compatible mailer, anyway.   
      
      
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