On Mon, 03 Feb 2014, Bj”rn Felten wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:   
      
    BF> My previous response aside.   
      
    MvdV> It doesn't. For some time now - on my suggestion - it supports this   
    MvdV> option:   
      
    MvdV> Allow8bit 1   
      
    BF>    I know. But I don't understand why we even need this. As I said,   
    BF> I completely disabled (made a conditional zero jump) that check in   
    BF> my 1999 patch. Who would even want to *not* allow it? Get rid of   
    BF> all that code completely, for fucks sake!   
      
   makenl_ng is used in other FTN networks... some of them do not allow the same   
   things that may be allowed in fidonet or other FTNs... retaining this feature   
   is good for them and their practises... making it an option is the best thing   
   for all...   
      
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