TID: FMail-W32 2.0.1.4   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
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   30 Nov 2022 22:40, you wrote to me:   
      
    MV> I could type GPB or £ (Alt 156) and it will be correctly translated to   
    MV> UTF-8 in my outgoing messages. The problem is /incoming/.   
      
   Yes, I know.   
      
    MV> I do not have control over that. What are the chances that an incoming   
    MV> well formed UTF-8 sequence with the last byte is meant as a Pound sign   
    MV> or as an 'a' with tilde? In /my/ case? Since I do not master the   
    MV> portugese language and fidonet participants do not write to me in   
    MV> Portugese, the chance that it is meant as a Pound sign is far greater   
    MV> than it is meant as an 'a'with tilde.   
      
    MV> Your case may be different...   
      
   Yes, I prefer support for languages, more than for special symbols. Each case   
   is different. :-)   
      
   Anyway, a workaround could be: save one of the files with a different name,   
   e.g. utf8_850alt.chs, then add this to golded.cfg:   
      
    XLATCHARSET UTF8ALT CP850 utf8_850alt.chs   
      
   Then you can press Ctrl-J and switch to UTF8ALT to view it with the   
   "alternative" conversion.   
      
   I've just done it now to be able to quote your pound sign above. ;-)   
      
   Carlos   
      
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