Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 08:09:51 0
From: John Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Character conversion
Hi Lars
18/02/00 Nettamer List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
NL>Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:12:53 -200 From:
NL>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Character conversion
LN>Will the resulting e-mail be able to pass unharmed and
LN>unhindered through the transport mechanisms of the
LN>internet?
JG>If you can find a way to do this I'd be very interested to
JG>know how you manage it.
LN>Me too! :-) The question was very badly phrased. Should have
LN>been something like this:
LN>Will the resulting e-mail comply with RFC xxxx and xxxx, thus
LN>avoiding the bite of transport mechanisms that can harm and
LN>hinder e-mails containing 8-bit characters?
LN>Sorry, I've forgotten that RFC regulate e-mail and transport
LN>mechanisms.
LN>I have been bitten by these mechanisms more than once. I know
LN>they exist. They are not common, but they _do_ exist.
They certainly do and they seem to strike at random so it's probably
best to assume a worst case scenario and always comply with the
guidance notes.
Cheers
jaygee
"NT with NTR - DOS alive in Win95"
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