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   Message 55,787 of 55,960   
   Andy Burns to Marian   
   Re: Discussion: How to set up your mobil   
   10 Dec 25 21:47:56   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Marian wrote:   
      
   > I looked at my dictionaries and those words NEVER appear in them.   
   >   
   > That makes sense since I didn't change anything for the one post that you   
   > noticed the Chinese fonts. You have to believe me on that. I didn't do it.   
   >   
   > So you're really looking in the wrong place for the problem.   
   > Almost certainly the problem is either how my newsserver forwards things on   
   > my side, or how your newsserver/newsreader receives things on your side.   
   >   
   > I think what must have happened is:   
   > a. I copied and pasted text that contained funky characters.   
   > b. Somehow, your newsreader saw that as a Chinese character set.   
      
   It's not particularly important by now, but if you look at your message   
      
      
      
   it does contain big5, that's what triggered fonts, if it remains a   
   mystery, that doesn't bother me ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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