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Re: [ietf-smtp] [Proposal] 250-MARKDOWN

Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan <giri@dombox.org> Wed, 09 January 2019 08:43 UTC

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From: Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan <giri@dombox.org>
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:12:39 +0530
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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] [Proposal] 250-MARKDOWN
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Please take a look here.
https://gist.github.com/mistergiri/603766f5295802d44cc1a5752ebfa21f#steps-need-to-be-taken

But it is a flawed proposal.

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 2:08 PM Gilles Chehade <gilles@poolp.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 01:10:34PM +0530, Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan wrote:
> > >
> > > What happens if my mail server doesn't support markdown?
> >
> >
> > That's why I'm proposing the MARKDOWN extension. MARKDOWN command should
> be
> > presented in the EHLO response only if your server supports markdown.
> >
> > If your server supports markdown, the mail will be transferred as
> > text/markdown. Else mail will be transferred as "text/plain" and
> > "text/html" as usual.
> >
> > I hope I understood you correctly.
> >
>
> still unsure I understand how it works, sorry
>
> my understanding now is that the server translates DATA between markdown
> and other content types based on MARKDOWN extension at peer.
>
> did i understand correctly ?
>
>
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 1:03 PM <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:29:43 +0530, Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan said:
> > >
> > > > I wanna bring Markdown support to SMTP.  So instead of transferring
> both
> > > > "text/plain" and "text/html" versions, future mails can use only
> > > > "text/markdown".
> > >
> > > Well, right off the top, there's the end to end problem.
> > >
> > > Say you support text/markdown, and your mail server accepts it to
> deliver.
> > > What
> > > happens if my mail server doesn't support markdown?  Do you send a
> > > text/markdown
> > > and hope my MUA can deal with it? If you do that, why bother with an
> SMTP
> > > intervention?
> > >
> > > Also, see RFC1341, and text/richtext. Ask yourself why you never see
> > > e-mails with it.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan
> > Dombox, Inc.
>
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> Gilles Chehade                                                 @poolpOrg
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Best Regards,

Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan
Dombox, Inc.

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