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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: 8-bit ascii (was Re: Fantasy Games Conspiracy Theory)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:53:30 +0100
Carl Schelin said on 9:32/13 Jan 97...

> You aren't using a MIME complient mailer I suppose. Mine came up as the
> symbol for Yen (the Y with an equal sign if you don't know).

Sending ASCII characters higher than #127 through email is always
problematic, in my experience -- stick to using only the characters that
are on your keyboard, and everybody should be able to read it (unless the
Brits start using their pound-sign keys :)

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Message no. 2
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: 8-bit ascii (was Re: Fantasy Games Conspiracy Theory)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 14:23:52 +0000
|Sending ASCII characters higher than #127 through email is always
|problematic, in my experience -- stick to using only the characters that
|are on your keyboard, and everybody should be able to read it (unless the
|Brits start using their pound-sign keys :)

If we do, it'll invariable turn up as a #....
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Message no. 3
From: "Arno R. Lehmann" <arlehma@***.NET>
Subject: Re: 8-bit ascii (was Re: Fantasy Games Conspiracy Theory)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:26:23 +0100
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:53:30 +0100, Gurth wrote:

>Sending ASCII characters higher than #127 through email is always
>problematic, in my experience -- stick to using only the characters that
>are on your keyboard, and everybody should be able to read it (unless the
>Brits start using their pound-sign keys :)

Hey, don't forget all our german Umlauts!!!
If anyone wants I will send some ;)

-- Arno

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