Re: 8-bit news

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From: Vadim Antonov
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 07:47

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In article <id.6AUV.IAA@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>In article <1992Dec13.100023.7056@clarinet.com> brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
>> We're not running the same sort of net any more.  So many links are tcp/ip
>> now.
>
>That's the problem. UUCP is 8-bit clean. It's TCP/IP that's most likely
>to trash articles.

C'mon. TCP/IP *is* 8-bit clean AS DESIGNED. The problem is in the
stupid (c & 0177) people add to their programs for absolutely no
reason (except for wish to be "compatible" with RFC822). Fix your
sendmail and you'll get all 8 bits NOW. (BTW, EUnet already is
8-bit clean).  The only brute force action necessary is to declare
that 7 bits is no longer considered "standard".

--vadim

"Many hideous crimes were committed in the name of backward compatibility".
					(Forgot where i saw it)

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From: avg@rodan.UU.NET (Vadim Antonov)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,news.admin.misc
Subject: Re: 8-bit news
Date: 15 Dec 1992 02:47:55 -0500
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
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