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Jeremy Harris <jgh@wizmail.org> Wed, 16 January 2019 19:15 UTC

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On 16/01/2019 18:50, John R Levine wrote:
> I don't object to it, but since it doesn't solve any real problem, why
> bother?

Efficiency.  Not having to do dot-stuffing means that sendfile etc.
can be used.
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Cheers,
  Jeremy

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