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From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: WARNING: Control Codes
Date: 1997/12/05
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Organization: Southern InterNet Services
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                               WARNING

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Control Codes:
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PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes or Animation Codes 
to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.  

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be 
avoided entirely.  



Extended Character Set:
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The only Ascii characters which should be posted and used in Ascii
Art are:  
               Decimal characters   32 to 127.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 128 to 255 made by using the 
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUencoded before 
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.  


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Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers 
and titles.  


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the 
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted 
     things and can even cause a system to crash.  


This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes. 


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