Re: RFC 2047 message header encoding (was: NMUing "maintainer address bounces" bugs)

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Russ Allbery writes ("RFC 2047 message header encoding (was: NMUing "maintainer address bounces" bugs)"):
> It used to be a great way to catch spam in KOI-8 and various Asian
> character sets, although I see from my spam folder that spammers have
> caught on and pretty much all of them now use RFC 2047 encoding.
> 
> RFC 2047 encoding really should be completely transparent with any current
> mail or news client.  I see you're using VM, so I'm now really surprised.
> Does VM not just quietly handle this for you?  Gnus has for something like
> ten years or more.

Maybe it's because I have LC_CTYPE=C.

Ian.