[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Ryan Malayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That may be what you expect, but you can get it 1usec (1 micro second). >>>> Is there something wrong with the mail gateway and Unicode? I posted >>>> my message as text/plain with charset=UTF-8, which has been an IETF >>>> standard for more than a decade. And my message does, in fact, appear >>>> correct with UTF-8 characters such as "l" (Greek Small Letter Mu, >>>> Unicode 03BC) in the list archives at: >>>> https://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/questions/2008-October/020235.html >>>> >>>> However, all replies to my message were in 7-bit charset="us-ascii", >>>> which of course mangles the non-ASCII chasracters. >>>> >>>> So is it the pipermail gateway that is not Unicode compliant, or is it >>>> the MUAs of the respondents that is at fault? If it is the list >>>> itself... well, isn't it absurd to restrict content of a mailing list >>>> to 7-bit us-ascii? It is 2008, not 1988. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>> This is usenet, not a mailing list. >>> >>> >> There IS a mailing list for those who prefer mail to news or for those >> who don't have access to news. Comcast has announced that it will no >> longer offer access to net news effective 28 October 2008. > > Yeah, there are lots of groups with a mail gateway. > > That doesn't change the fact the base is a usenet news group. > > Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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