Subj : Re: Give NerdRage BBS a Call Today!
To   : All
From : Marc Lewis
Date : Thu Jun 27 2024 14:21:24

Hello All.

<On 27Jun2024 12:52 Marc Lewis wrote a message to All regarding Give NerdRage BBS a Call Today! >


 ML> <On 06Jun2024 17:45 TheNerd wrote a message to All regarding Re:
 ML> Give NerdRage BBS a Call Today! >

 Wv> Your posting has an unreadable mess of characters...

 T> Interesting,  I've seen it plenty of other places and its looked
 T> fine... 

 ML> It may look just fine on a BBS, but Usenet newsgroups are ASCII
 ML> Text based and cannot interpret ANSI graphics. It shows up as
 ML> complete rubbish characters... Completely un-readable.

Here is an example of what shows up in the newsgroups:

===SNIP===
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8DCU;30;47møñý0mššššš ? ?mš;30;47møñý0máá7mý0mUU 8DC7mñ 
===SNIP===

Best regards,
Marc

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