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diff --git a/Documentation/design_www.txt b/Documentation/design_www.txt
index 226a22c9..92897043 100644
--- a/Documentation/design_www.txt
+++ b/Documentation/design_www.txt
@@ -5,22 +5,36 @@ URL naming
 /$LISTNAME/?r=$GIT_COMMIT                       -> HTML only
 /$LISTNAME/atom.xml                             -> Atom feed
 
+#### Optional, relies on Search::Xapian
+/$LISTNAME/t/$MESSAGE_ID.html                   -> HTML content of thread
+
 ### Stable endpoints
 /$LISTNAME/m/$MESSAGE_ID.html                   -> HTML content (short quotes)
 /$LISTNAME/m/$MESSAGE_ID.txt                    -> raw original
 /$LISTNAME/m/$MESSAGE_ID                        -> 301 to .html version
 /$LISTNAME/f/$MESSAGE_ID.html                   -> HTML content (full quotes)
 /$LISTNAME/f/$MESSAGE_ID                        -> 301 to .html version
-/$LISTNAME/f/$MESSAGE_ID.txt                    -> 301 to m/$MESSAGE_ID.txt
+/$LISTNAME/f/$MESSAGE_ID.txt                    -> 301 to ../m/$MESSAGE_ID.txt
+
+FIXME: we must refactor/cleanup/add tests for most of our CGI before
+adding more endpoints and features.
 
 Maybe TODO (these might be expensive)
 -------------------------------------
-/$LISTNAME/t/$MESSAGE_ID.html                   -> HTML content of thread
 /$LISTNAME/t/$MESSAGE_ID.mbox                   -> mbox content of thread
 
 We use file name suffixes on all of these (except /) so URLs may easily
 cached/memoized using a static file server.
 
+Encoding notes
+--------------
+
+Raw HTML and XML should only contain us-ascii characters which render
+to UTF-8.
+
+Plain text (raw message) endpoints display in the original encoding(s)
+of the original email.
+
 Guidelines for using limited HTML
 ---------------------------------
 We mainly use HTML for linking pages together with <a>.
@@ -32,9 +46,6 @@ tends to be less readable with fixed-width serif fonts which GUI
 browsers default to.  So perhaps we will add different endpoints for
 variable-width fonts.
 
-* Do not build <a> links from user-generated-content, this prevents
-  public-inbox deployments from being turned into a spam linkfarm.
-
 * No graphics, images, or icons at all.  We tolerate, but do not
   encourage the use of GUIs.
 
@@ -47,7 +58,7 @@ variable-width fonts.
 
 * We only use CSS for one reason: wrapping pre-formatted text
   This is necessary because unfortunate GUI browsers tend to be
-  prone to layout widening.  lynx is fine here without CSS :)
+  prone to layout widening.  w3m is fine here without CSS :)
   No other CSS is allowed, especially with scary things like:
 
 	http://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste