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   Message 710 of 1,237   
   August Abolins to Maurice Kinal   
   Re: when you can do what wasn't meant to   
   04 Mar 24 00:55:24   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/6.0 65e4ffd8   
   REPLY: 2:280/464.113 65e4e75d   
   PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20240209   
   NOTE: Sylpheed 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32).   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-02-05   
   On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 21:10:52 GMT   
   "Maurice Kinal -> August Abolins" <113@464.280.2> wrote:   
      
    MK> particular application handles them on the local displey is up to your   
    MK> application but the msg_body shouldn't be messed with as far as altering   
    MK> them is concerned.  As you have clearly demonstrated with the 8-bit   
    MK> encodings (eg CP437), this isn't always the case and bad things can and   
    MK> do happen.   
      
   All I can do is use nntp and sylpheed which handles utf8 without issues when   
   preservation of utf8 chars is important, and use something else when plain   
   ascii will suffice.   
      
    MK> You can now hang your head in shame.  :-)   
      
   No shame on my part.. because,   
      
    MK> ... Fidonet 1080p - De vier pinguïns van de Apocalyps   
      
    ..that part with the "ï" isn't critical to the message!  :D   
      
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