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   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/0d11cf29d Feb 27 2023 MSC 1929   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/68c33d29a Feb 26 2023 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: VERT   
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   -=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Chris Jacobs <=-   
      
    MvV> Hello Chris,   
      
    MvV> On Monday February 27 2023 02:39, you wrote to me:   
      
    MvV>> Notepad handles UTF-8 quit well but the last time I tried it as   
    MvV>> external editor for Golded it insisted on adding a BOM to the   
    MvV>> message text. That was many years ago so maybe newer versions of   
    MvV>> notepad do not do that anymore. Adding or using a BOM in UTF-8   
    MvV>> text is considered obsolete practise.   
      
    CJ> Here, on Windos 11, Notepad does not require a BOM.   
      
    MvV> My point was not that Notepad requires a BOM, but that it adds a BOM.   
      
   It does not default add a BOM either.   
      
   Chris   
      
    MvV> Cheers, Michiel   
      
    MvV> --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 17.1.5-b20170303   
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