Subj : Test Reply
To   : deon
From : Accession
Date : Sun Dec 24 2023 08:15 am

Hello deon,

On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:33:32 +1100, you wrote:

 >> You should probably translate the block drawing characters in the
 >> clearing houz header to utf-8 if you're replying to a utf-8 messages
 >> (and reusing a utf-8 kludge)

 >> I don't know if php has it, but i just use iconv with CP437 -> UTF-8

 d> I did think about doing that (php has utf8_encode() - although that
 d> converts from LATIN-1), but I was concerned how it would appear to CP437
 d> users...

It probably wouldn't look good at all to CP437 users. But technically in this case, you're replying to a UTF-8 user. That should be what matters. When replying to a CP437 user, it should look fine as CP437.

However (and this might be a better choice), If you don't want to mess with translations, that's totally fine too. But I would keep the CP437 CHRS kludge on your message no matter what then, and not use/copy the charset of the original poster.

 d> Another approach I was thinking of is parsing the original message and
 d> see if it is really UTF-8 (which in this case I dont think it was), and
 d> then respond with CP437 in the kludge...

接受我的建议，反正我不使用它。

There is my tagline in Chinese. I doubt it will be viewable in most console based applications due to font limitations, but if you're on a UTF-8 web browser or NNTP reader, it should look as good as it does here. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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