On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Finn Thain dixit: > > >If I reply to Sujit's message using alpine, it retains the original > >encoding, and composes the reply in ISO-8859-1 (so it is lossless). > > Hm but my system does only utf-8 > > >For your reply to Sujit's message the NBSP was converted to the utf-8 > >sequence U+EFBFBD, because your reply converted back to the utf-8 > >encoding. > > U+FFFD replacement char, actually.
Maybe so, but what arrived here was encoded as =EF=BF=BD. That is, quoted-printable, text/plain, UTF-8. (I've no idea what showed up in any other inboxes...) > And he could have kept the tab… Assuming that Sujit's system is capable of it, then yes, he could have replied in some encoding other than ISO-8859-1. > > bye, > //mirabilos, sorry for grumpy but just had tooth extraction Sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better soon. Finn
