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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: Petter Nilsen
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:00
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In article <96121502927.phil@stokes.demon.co.uk>, news@stokes.demon.co.uk
(Philip Stokes) wrote:

> No, some (many?) newsfeeds may be 8-bit, still many more are only
> 7-bit, therefore you cannot rely on news being any more than 7-bit
> unless you are posting to a group who's circulation you know is

You'll have a hard time finding a non-8-bit clean newsserver nowadays. The most
used newsserver, INN, certainly handles 8-bit fine.  Can you name just _one_
piece of newsserver software that is not 8-bit clean?

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From: Petter Nilsen <pettern@icenet.no>
Subject: Re: 8-bit on mail (was: Re: Open Letter To Amigan's! - message1.wps (1/1))
Date: 1996/12/17
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