From:	Steve.Garrard@********.co.za (Steve Garrard)
Subject:	Scott Harrison - Unreadable Messages
Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:01:26 +0200

Gurth wrote:
> According to Steve Garrard, on 3-8-05 09:07 the word on the
> street was...
>
> > Zebulin wrote:
> >
> >>Am I the only one who cannot read messages from Scott
> Harrison? I keep
> >>getting errors about security.
> >
> > Nope I have the same problem.
>
> Well... one thing you all have in common, more or less, is
> your mailer:
>
> Zebulin: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353
> Matt: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
> Steve: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510
>
> It could be that it's because Scott's messages are
> UTF-8-encoded, instead of plain text; I don't know for sure,
> but I'm willing to bet Outlook is not fully UTF-8 compliant.
>
> Thunderbird (as recommended by Max) has no problems with
> Scott's messages that I can see, but you may or may not be
> able to switch to that (or to another one -- my own all-time
> favorite is still Pegasus, but there are only MS-DOS and
> Windows versions of it).

Switching mailers is not an option for me, though I'd be surprised if
Outlook is not fully compliant, though I cannot deny the common ground. But
see, this was my point a few days ago about platform usage amongst list
members. I can honestly say I don't know anybody outside of this list who
uses anything other than Outlook, and I work in the IT industry. The only
person I can think of is my girlfriend who uses Pegasus at college, though
their IT infrastructure is as old as I am.

Anyway, I just find that interesting. I'm probably gonna regret even
mentioning this again, so disclaimer: the above is a friendly observation of
interest and is not intended to offend anyone, nor to imply superiority of
product or platform :)

I can read his message fine now that he's fixed his digital sig.

Slayer

"Beware my wrath, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."
- Unknown Dragon



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