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Article #69Re: 8-bit on mail (was: Re: Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1))
From: Paul Copsey
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:00
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On 16 Dec 1996 14:18:55, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@kampsax.dtu.dk> wrote: > So, they are getting what they deserve for running obsolete software. Fine > with me, really. Ahh, I'm alright Jack, fsck the rest of you. Very public spirited of you. Very few internet users control the path their mail or news takes, how do they avoid running obselete software? They can't, because it may not be them running it. > Fortunately, there is ESMTP, which allows mail gateways to announce 8-bit > capability (among other things), and fortunately, most mail gateways are ESMTP > capable. Most, not all. Actually I doubt ESMTP is as wide spread as you suggest, Demon is the biggest UK ISP, and have only just implemented ESMTP > Does anybody know of an actual problem with 8-bit letters/postings not reaching > the destination intact? Yes. Paul -- * Mail acceptance policy, see http://www.hectortd.demon.co.uk/mail.html * Offical Demon announcements are best read through a Swedish Chef filter
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102591,d7089fad98aa94b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid102591,public X-Google-Thread: 10e72b,d7089fad98aa94b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e72b,public X-Google-Thread: 106ac0,d7089fad98aa94b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ac0,public X-Google-Thread: 11015b,d7089fad98aa94b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid11015b,public From: paul@white-star.com (Paul Copsey) Subject: Re: 8-bit on mail (was: Re: Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1)) Date: 1996/12/16 Message-ID: <961216215515@hectortd.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 204510790 x-nntp-posting-host: hectortd.demon.co.uk sender: paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk references: <1458.6918T1140T1676@tomobiki.demon.co.uk> <199612123918simes@amdev.demon.co.uk> <nntp.1996121248485@innovision-group.com><1666.6920T1270T2400@tomobiki.demon.co.uk> <96121502927.phil@stokes.demon.co.uk> <1654.6924T918T2756@kampsax.dtu.dk> organization: the Island of Lost Souls newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,demon.ip.support.amiga