TZUTC: -0800   
   MSGID: 323.fidoutf8@1:103/705 28628892   
   REPLY: 2:280/5555.1 63fcba51   
   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   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   -=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Rob Swindell <=-   
      
    MvV> Hello Rob,   
      
    MvV> On Sunday February 26 2023 22:11, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> > But oddly enough Synchronat BBS anwers in CP437 when quote replying   
    >> to an UTF-8 encoded > message...  And this reply is being written using   
    >> a UTF-8 terminal.   
      
    RS> And this reply is being written using a UTF-8 terminal with some   
    RS> actual non-ASCII characters:   
      
    MvV> All three of your messages have non-ASCCI charcters. They all have the   
    MvV> degree character '°' in the sign off, or whatver you call it. In the   
    MvV> last message it is also present in the message test before the "--"   
    MvV> (two dashes).   
      
    RS> Norco, CA WX: 42.0°F, 79.0% humidity, 0 mph NE wind, 0.15 inches   
    RS> rain/24hrs   
      
    MvV> Considering that the CHRS kludge applies to the entire message, I think   
    MvV> it is more logical to look at the entire message including header,   
    MvV> footer en origin lines to determine the encoding.   
      
    MvV> Other than that: my comment was on Chris' message that was a   
    MvV> quote-reply to my message. He quoted the UTF-8 encoded text but the   
    MvV> reply was in CP437 thereby messing up the quote.   
      
   Your message was not entirely UTF-8. It contained a legacy ö   
   That caused Notepad Kladblok to interpret all of it as legacy.   
      
    MvV> Chris seems to have a preference for doing away with "legacy"   
    MvV> encodings, so I was a bit surprised that his reply was encoded in CP437   
    MvV> instead of UTF-8.   
      
      
    MvV> Cheers, Michiel   
      
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