Subj : First message on Fidonet
To   : Bj"rn Wiberg
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Jan 12 2022 19:32:37

Hello Bj"rn,

On Wednesday January 12 2022 19:02, you wrote to James Coyle:

 BW> I think the problem is that the messages do not contain a CHRS kludge,
 BW> so that a message reader might assume ASCII (as per FSC-0054.004?)
 BW> instead of CP437, which could cause special characters (such as umlaut
 BW> characters) to be mangled on viewing.

The missing CHRS kludge is indeed the problem.

See FTS-5003.


Cheers, Michiel

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