Hi, (note: "é" is acute accent marked "e", if your browser cannot show it)
Same problem here, file 4.14-2, no utf. Caused confusion on my mail filter
(modified amavis):
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yankee:/var/amavis/virusmails/virus-20060316-111618-20676.d# file *
email.txt: ISO-8859 mail text
msg-20676-1.txt: MS-DOS executable (COM)
yankee:/var/amavis/virusmails/virus-20060316-111618-20676.d# cat msg-20676-1.txt
é uma switch; pedi ontem
---------- Original Message -----------
From: ################
To: #########################
Sent: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:15:26 -0300
...
yankee:/var/amavis/virusmails/virus-20060316-111618-20676.d# locale
LANG=
LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_PAPER="POSIX"
LC_NAME="POSIX"
LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
LC_ALL=
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It is important to note that "é" is the Portuguese equivalent to "it's".
I've got some emails blocked on our filter (which uses "file") because they were
quick answers, starting with "é":
Example:
"é uma switch, pedi ontem" ("it's a switch, ordered yesterday", answering to a
question "what is the thingy you said we need for the meeting room?"
So it's a very likely start of a text file (Ok, it's bad Portuguese; it should
start with capital "É", or "Prezado Sr,". Yet, file could identify it as "Bad
Portuguese, unpolite ASCII text file" ;-)
BR,
Joao S Veiga
