On Mon, 03 Feb 2014, Bj”rn Felten wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 BF> My previous response aside.

 MvdV> It doesn't. For some time now - on my suggestion - it supports this
 MvdV> option:

 MvdV> Allow8bit 1

 BF>    I know. But I don't understand why we even need this. As I said,
 BF> I completely disabled (made a conditional zero jump) that check in
 BF> my 1999 patch. Who would even want to *not* allow it? Get rid of
 BF> all that code completely, for fucks sake!

makenl_ng is used in other FTN networks... some of them do not allow the same
things that may be allowed in fidonet or other FTNs... retaining this feature
is good for them and their practises... making it an option is the best thing
for all...

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