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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: tez
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:00
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Paul Copsey (paul@white-star.com) wrote:
> On 19 Dec 1996 00:55:23, Richard Kaulfuss <dkaulf@boehme.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >    Test:  Aa  Cc  Ee  Ii  Oo  Uu  Ss  Nn
> >           (A selection of alternating pairs of 7 and 8 bit characters)
> [snip]
> >    (Just had a thought - maybe it's Mailkick that's doing it)
> 
> Nope, it's Demon's mail2news gateway, which does strip the 8th bit.

Though for a while it didn't...
> 
> Direct NNTP posting does not.

Though after it's been passed around a few systems it may be stripped
before it reaches any given recipient, or not...

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From: tez@pierrot.demon.co.uk
Subject: Re: 8-bit on mail (was: Re: Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1))
Date: 1996/12/19
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