Re: 8-bit on mail (was: Re: Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1)) - Article 49 - go-pugleaf

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Re: 8-bit on mail (was: Re: Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1))

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From: Dave Sparks
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:00

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>>>>> "RIL" == Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@kampsax.dtu.dk> writes:

  RIL> ...

  RIL> Does anybody know of an actual problem with 8-bit letters/postings
  RIL> not reaching the destination intact?

You (na�vely) assume that ISO Latin-1 is the only way to encode
characters in 8 bits.  A standard for mail and news should
consider the needs of users for whom ISO Latin-1 is inadequate (it
doesn't even cover all the UK languages).  UTF-8 would probably
do, though users needing non-ASCII characters would have to update
their software.

-- 
        Dave.Sparks@sisyphus.demon.co.uk        (Staffordshire, England)

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From: Dave Sparks <Dave.Sparks@sisyphus.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 8-bit on mail (was: Re: Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1))
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