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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: @ SCOS Message Format ?
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:51:33 +0000
Organization: Fix this later
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On 25/02/2025 16:32, Rich wrote:
> However, in this case, possibly suggesting that folks go looking for
> save/pipe/turn off options might be more fruitful than suggesting they
> switch away from X to Y when they presumably have some preference for X
> (or at least familarity with X).

Absolutely - free country and all that. (Or perhaps they've been 
bitten by Y.)

But people who choose to use newsreaders that can't handle 
printable ASCII non-destructively cannot reasonably expect 
software developers to amend their code as a workaround. I would 
reason that it's the people with the problem who need to own and 
address their problem. That's not to say they can't seek and 
receive help and advice, of course, but they can't expect to be 
able to bend other people around them.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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