Re: Is there Unicode mail out there?

[Michael \(michka\) Kaplan]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Everson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Is there Unicode mail out there?


> At 09:49 -0700 2001-07-14, Mark Davis wrote:
>
> >  > >Maybe writing the value as an HTML numeric character reference (e.g.
> >  > >&#X20AC;) would also make it easier for processes reading files
> >  > >saved by the mailer
> >  > >to recover the character.
> >  >
> >  > Perhaps I have been asleep, but is that notation (&#Xxxxx;) valid
> >  > HTML for all Unicode characters?
> >
> >No, but it is for the vast majority.
> >
> >Some have to be written specially, e.g. &lt;
> >
> >Some cannot be written at all, e.g. U+0007 (but U+0087 can be!)
>
> Then it's not standard and can't be relied upon. Pity.
> --
> Michael Everson
>
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