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Article #2252Re: International character set requirements needed
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 1990 01:35
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 1990 01:35
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In article <1990Dec31.004055.10335@cbnewsk.att.com> hansen@pegasus.att.com (Tony L. Hansen) writes:
>System V release 4 mail is completely content transparent. As long as the
>transport media is capable of handling the mail, SVr4 mail will be able to
>get it to you unchanged.
What does it do when sending textual mail to a system that doesn't use
ASCII encoding, e.g. an IBM mainframe, or to a system with a different
newline convention (e.g. CRLF rather than LF)? SMTP places restrictions on
the characters that may appear in a message to support automated
translation during the transfer process.
--
Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.
barmar@think.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!think.com!barmar From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: International character set requirements needed Keywords: 8-bit data, mail Message-ID: <1990Dec31.013538.9473@Think.COM> Date: 31 Dec 90 01:35:38 GMT References: <1990Dec27.043500.27639@cbnewsk.att.com> <5044@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1990Dec31.004055.10335@cbnewsk.att.com> Sender: news@Think.COM Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA Lines: 16