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|    Gleb Hlebov to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    OT: Default encoding in Russian FidoNet    |
|    17 Sep 24 10:18:55    |
      REPLY: 2:221/6.0 66e7f7e6       MSGID: 2:5023/24.4222 66e9213f       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0400       TID: hpt/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2024-03-02       Hi Alexander,              Mon 16 Sep 2024 at 12:18, you wrote to me:               AS>>> What is the default encoding of a Russian FidoNet message, the one        AS>>> assmed in default of a CHRS cludge? Is it koi8-r or 866?        GH>> It's set to 866 in its "native" software. If you're using an NNTP        GH>> client under Linux it should be KOI8-R.        AK> Modern and even not very modern NNTP clients can also be tuned for        AK> UTF-8. In this case you must use a FIDO gate with UTF-8 support, like        AK> this for instance, which I use for many years (Thunderbird mail        AK> client): news.dewy.ru              Sure, but utf-8 makes little sense as long as Russian Fidonet is stuck with       cp866. And it's fine this way. :-)                     ... End of message, Alexander. Confused? Me too! :-)       --- A Damned Hobbyist+ 1.1.5        * Origin: Microstuff, Inc. (2:5023/24.4222)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 16/0 19/37 50/109 90/1 105/81 106/201 123/130 129/305       SEEN-BY: 142/104 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 840 221/1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 114 206 300 317 426 428 470 664 700       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 266/512 280/5003 282/1038 291/111 301/1 320/119       SEEN-BY: 320/219 319 2119 322/757 762 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/81 450/1024 460/58 463/68 467/888 712/848 5000/111 5005/49       SEEN-BY: 5015/42 46 255 5020/400 570 715 830 846 1042 4441 5022/2       SEEN-BY: 5023/12 24 5030/49 5034/13 5053/51 58 400 5054/8 5058/104       SEEN-BY: 5060/900 5061/15 5075/35 128 5083/1 444 6035/3       PATH: 5023/24 5020/715 1042 221/6 1 320/219 229/426           |
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