Subj : it is all greek to me To : Maurice Kinal From : Maurice Kinal Date : Mon Feb 27 2017 19:21:51 -={ 2017-02-27 11:21:51.415124894-08:00 }=- Hey Maurice! Just for the record and to demonstrate that it wasn't a bogus tagline I am taking the liberty of posting the solution to the bogus CP866 message you so thoughtfully constructed. :-) Totally ignoring the CHRS kludge and running it through iconv like such; iconv -f cp737 -t utf8 yields; MK> ... Έχω σκίουροι στο παντελόνι μου which is Greek for "I've got squirrels in my pants", ehich nicely sums up the state of the FTSC documentation. Life is good, Maurice .... Wide ne biþ wel, cwæþ se þe gehyrde on helle hriman. Things are bad everywhere, said the man who heard wailing in hell. --- GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-atom-linux-gnu) * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001) .