Subj : Setup check..
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Sep 07 2016 09:18:16

Hello Alan,

On Tuesday September 06 2016 16:16, you wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 AI> @MSGID: 39.fido-utf-8@1:153/757.1 1c348459
 AI> @REPLY: 1:154/10 57cf3995
 AI> @PID: Synchronet 3.17a-Linux  Sep  5 2016 GCC 5.3.0
 AI> @TZUTC: -0700
 AI> @TID: SBBSecho 3.00-Linux r3.20 Sep  5 2016 GCC 5.3.0

No CHRS kludge...

 >> Oh, and.. I can still type Björn as well as Boël and they should be
 >> okay to  keep this message on topic in here. :)

 AI> Those must be UTF-8.

Of course. This is the UTF-8 echo isn't it?

 AI> I see the first one at times but I have never
 AI> seen the second one before.

The second "odd character" is the e with threma.

 AI>  With this editor I can at least type BjÔrn. :)

It doesn't look good on my screen because it is not encoded in UTF-8 but in CP437 instead. You still need to do some tinkering to get your system UTF-8 compatible...

Cheers, Michiel

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