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Article #445Re: 8-bit news
From: Brad Templeton
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:48
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:48
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So redefine the NNTP standard to support full 8 bit paths, but include in the negotations some information about what version you are supporting. 7 talks to 7 or 8 talks to 8, no change. 8 talks to 7 or vice versa, the newer one does some mapping, adding a map header if encoding downwards and removing/altering one if encoding upwards. This means people on 7 bit systems who see articles that contained 8 bits will see them as encoding sequences. There will be a few problems with included text from such sites if the included text contains encoded characters. The other primary transmission mode, uucp, already is 8 bits clean. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Sunnyvale, CA 408/296-0366
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Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,news.admin.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!looking!brad From: brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) Subject: Re: 8-bit news Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp. Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:48:13 GMT Message-ID: <1992Dec16.224813.637@clarinet.com> References: <CKD.92Dec15185902@loiosh.eff.org> <1glu1sINNoth@rodan.UU.NET> <CKD.92Dec15215407@loiosh.eff.org> Lines: 15