Hello Andrew,   
      
   On Thursday January 10 2013 16:14, you wrote to me:   
      
    MvdV>> I am all for lifting the ASCII only limitation for the   
    MvdV>> nodelist. Seo Andrew how about an option:   
      
    MvdV>> AllowNonAscii 0|1    ??   
      
    AL> I will look into this.   
      
   You could simply do it, make 0 the default and then let the powers that be   
   decide of they will use it or not.   
      
    MvdV>> So... /if/ we allow non ASCII in the nodleist, it will have to   
    MvdV>> be encoded as UTF-8.   
      
    AL> This is probably the only solution to the problem.  I'm not sure of   
    AL> the effect on MakeNL (or any other FTN software for that matter) of   
    AL> UTF-8 characters in the nodelist segments; it will require thorough   
    AL> testing before going live with a UTF-8 enabled nodelist.   
      
   I see no problems other than some people seeing funny characters on their   
   screen. although as yet not used in the public nodelist, extended character   
   sets have been in use in Fidonet Z2 for over two decades. Never have there   
   been reports of any problems other than people sseing "funny characters".   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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