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		bawolff on Aug 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Internet Standard #80: ASCII Format for Network In... I think SMTP would be a more relevant example.

gumby on Aug 6, 2023 [–]

Does smtp have another mode other than text?

bawolff on Aug 7, 2023 | [–]

SMTP generally assumes you only have 7bit transfer. You have to negotiate a protocol extension (8bitmime) to send bytes with a leading 1.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6152

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