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   Richard Menedetter to mark lewis   
   A Brand New Look!   
   04 Jun 18 14:29:54   
   
   Hi mark!   
      
   03 Jun 2018 03:21, from mark lewis -> Richard Menedetter:   
      
    RM>> But maybe you can forward a request to Mikey. Why does he think   
    RM>> it is a good idea to post poems in a language that most   
    RM>> participants do not understand in this echo? I am genuinely   
    RM>> wondering.   
    ml> he's testing UTF-8 to see how it traverses fidonet and to see if it is   
    ml> properly displayed on the other end...   
      
   That is all great.   
   There are just 3 points I do not understand:   
   1) why does testing frequency depend on the frequency of mails generated by a   
   script that went haywire from a different node   
   2) there is a UTF-8 echo where such testing would fit much better than here   
   why not post it there   
   3) why was the test not prepanded by an explanation detailing what the test is   
   all about   
      
   Also I would assume that such a test will not deliver much news.   
   All sane tossers will push the mail text unmodified.   
   Very view editors will display the extended characters correctly.   
      
   CU, Ricsi   
      
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