Subj : Are QWK packets still the
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Dec 26 2025 02:41 pm

Hello Maurice!

** On Friday 26.12.25 - 15:59, Maurice Kinal wrote to Cem Uzunoglu:

 MK> Excellent choice.  nvim should have no issues with utf-8
 MK> but I can't say the same for either QWK or Bluewave
 MK> honouring utf-8 characters.  I honestly believe a new
 MK> offline format is required.

No one seems to be interested in building a new offline packet  
system.

Maybe a new packet system that supports some utf-8 and  
integrated with a local message management database system  
would be quite nice for people who are primarily interested in  
just the echomail from any FTN-based system.  Oh wait.. it  
already exists - it's called OpenXP!  :D

As for "supports some utf-8", it's primarily limited what the   
DOS terminal [char sets or font seletion] system can do or not.

Oh.. another system that *does* claim to support a broader  
implementation for utf-8 is WinPoint.

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