Re: Anyone recognise this format?

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From: Markus Gloede
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00

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>>>>> "BHK" == Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <bhk@dsl.co.uk> writes:

    BHK> OTOH, SNews *doesn't* handle MIME, nor automatic decoding of
    BHK> attachments.  This, IMHO, is as things should be, because one
    BHK> of the Ms in MIME stand for "mail", and MIME doesn't belong
    BHK> in news articles (no, not even to handle the vexed question
    BHK> of pound-sterling-signs, etc).

Allow me to contradict. MIME silently becomes a standard in newsgroups
where the dominant language uses 8 bit characters. And that's not just
for the pound-sterling-sign.

Markus G
-- 
do *not* delete "no.spam" from my reply address.

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From: Markus Gloede <no.spam@burrow.muc.de>
Subject: Re: Anyone recognise this format?
Date: 1997/05/13
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