> i meant to ask this question before but i forgot. why doesn't a post reflect
> its original spelling once it's posted? i wrote some french words in my post
> about pissing in paris but they appear different now in the posted version.
> it happens when i write in german too. is it my computer?
There's another possible explaination. When e-mail is shipped between
computers, each letter is actually given a number somewhere between
1 and 255. In binary, that's eight bits (binary digits) of information,
or a byte.
A is 65 for example. All of the common stuff you use (letters, numbers,
symbols) has a number below 128 - which handily fits into *seven* bits.
Some accented characters have numbers greater than 128 - using the full
eight bits.
Now the kicker. Some mail gateways (generally, older ones) will only
deal with the first seven bits - throwing away the eigth one and
turning one accented letter into another ordinary one.
On the other hand, it could be something else entirely :)
--Chris
