-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Rob Swindell <=-  
    
   MvV> Hello Rob,  
    
   MvV> On Sunday February 26 2023 22:11, you wrote to me:  
    
  >> > But oddly enough Synchronat BBS anwers in CP437 when quote replying  
  >> to an UTF-8 encoded > message...  And this reply is being written using  
  >> a UTF-8 terminal.  
    
   RS> And this reply is being written using a UTF-8 terminal with some  
   RS> actual non-ASCII characters:  
    
   MvV> All three of your messages have non-ASCCI charcters. They all have the  
   MvV> degree character 'ÇÇ' in the sign off, or whatver you call it. In the  
   MvV> last message it is also present in the message test before the "--"  
   MvV> (two dashes).  
    
   RS> Norco, CA WX: 42.0ÇÇF, 79.0% humidity, 0 mph NE wind, 0.15 inches  
   RS> rain/24hrs  
    
   MvV> Considering that the CHRS kludge applies to the entire message, I  
  think  
   MvV> it is more logical to look at the entire message including header,  
   MvV> footer en origin lines to determine the encoding.  
    
   MvV> Other than that: my comment was on Chris' message that was a  
   MvV> quote-reply to my message. He quoted the UTF-8 encoded text but the  
   MvV> reply was in CP437 thereby messing up the quote.  
    
  Your message was not entirely UTF-8. It contained a legacy ÇÇ  
  That caused Notepad Kladblok to interpret all of it as legacy.  
    
   MvV> Chris seems to have a preference for doing away with "legacy"  
   MvV> encodings, so I was a bit surprised that his reply was encoded in  
  CP437  
   MvV> instead of UTF-8.  
    
    
   MvV> Cheers, Michiel  
    
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