Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [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?
In the case of comp.protocols.time.ntp, AIR the mailing list came first. But that's irrelevant. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
