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 Message 100 
 Alan Ianson to Chris Jacobs 
 codepage 
 25 Feb 23 13:09:52 
 
MSGID: 1:153/757.0 94f4805c
REPLY: 298.fidoutf8@1:103/705 285fac3c
TZUTC: -0800
CHRS: LATIN-1 2
> Is codepage 437 a Vertrauen BBS thing or a multimail thing? Can I use utf-8
> if I don't use multimail like now?

CP437 is a codepage, it was used a lot by BBSs of yesterday and even today.
It's not really a BBS or Synchronet thing although if you type in any CP437
characters (line drawing characters, perhaps) synchronet will set the CHRS
kludge to CP437. If you type in any utf8 characters Synchronet will set the
CHRS kludge to "UTF-8 4".

The message I am replying to has a CHRS kludge of "ASCII 1".

The reply I am writting now will likely have a kludge like LATIN-1.

It's nothing to worry about. It is there so the person reading your mail can
read it as expected.

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