Subj : Telegram uses utf-8. In Fido I use cp866. So tg_BBS use cp866 as To : Brother Rabbit From : Tommi Koivula Date : Mon Jul 12 2021 17:55:39 Sunday July 11 2021 12:04, Brother Rabbit wrote to Tommi Koivula: BR> Hi, Tommi! BR> TK>> I wonder what is the native charset in telegram.. most likely utf-8. TK>> Tg->fido seems to use CP866 all the time. No problems with english 7bit TK>> only. But pound sign is not 7bit. (?????????).. BR> BR> Telegram uses utf-8. In Fido I use cp866. So tg_BBS use cp866 as default if no BR> other defined in @CHRS from Fido. But the direction from TG to Fido.. If UTF-8 is the native charset there, why not use it at least in non-russian echos? 'Tommi --- * Origin: rbb.fidonet.fi (2:221/360) .