# OT: MIME,quoted-printable (was: Sane #hash implementation?)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mime-quoted-printable-was-sane-hash-implementation/84029>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 31, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mime-quoted-printable-was-sane-hash-implementation/84029 "2007-01-31T17:25:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samoht)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mime-quoted-printable-was-sane-hash-implementation/84029/1 "2007-01-31T17:25:37Z")

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Hello,

is my news reader (Gnus v5.9.0) broken? I’m just trying to explain why  
I see things like that:

“Shot (Piotr S.)” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote/schrieb  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> –jE+K4o1MICf3EEet  
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8  
> Content-Disposition: inline  
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable  
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
> […]
> 
> > > in terms of Set#sort instead of Set#=3D=3D?  
> > > ^^^^^  
> > > “None”. You cannot just =20  
> > > ^^^  
> > > Regards  
> > > Thomas

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**Author:** ![samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samoht)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mime-quoted-printable-was-sane-hash-implementation/84029/2 "2007-02-04T00:50:28Z")

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Thomas H.:

> is my news reader (Gnus v5.9.0) broken? I’m just  
> trying to explain why I see things like that:

> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable  
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> > > > in terms of Set#sort instead of Set#=3D=3D?  
> > > > ^^^^^

> > > “None”. You cannot just =20  
> > > ^^^

It looks like Gnus 5.9 doesn’t handle quoted-printable.

A quick googling turned up  
[http://www.splode.com/~friedman/software/emacs-lisp/src/qpdecode.el](http://www.splode.com/~friedman/software/emacs-lisp/src/qpdecode.el)

– Shot

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**Author:** ![samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@samoht](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samoht)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mime-quoted-printable-was-sane-hash-implementation/84029/3 "2007-02-04T21:16:16Z")

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“Shot (Piotr S.)” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote/schrieb  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> It looks like Gnus 5.9 doesn=E2=80=99t handle quoted-printable.

Strange that it does handle it most of the time, but not always. I  
never observed the problem with e-mails (Gnus is a mail client, too),  
e.g.:

Header =  
…  
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=“=-=-=”

First part =  
–=-=-=  
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8  
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable  
…

=\> Ok.

Only some news articles have disturbed my Gnus so far.

Thanks  
Thomas