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PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/663372080 Mar  2 2023 MSC 1929
TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/0edce2af4 Feb 28 2023 GCC 12.2.0
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BBSID: VERT
CHRS: CP437 2
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  Re: codepage
  By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Mon Feb 27 2023 03:12 pm

 > Hello Rob,
 >
 > 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:
 >
 > All three of your messages have non-ASCCI charcters. They all have the
 > degree character 'ø' in the sign off, or whatver you call it. In the last
 > message it is also present in the message test before the "--" (two dashes).

Ah, true. But in the message I posted using a UTF-8 terminal, that would have
been a UTF-8 encoded "degree" symbol instead of a CP437-encoded one (as would
have been in the other messages, including this one).

 >  RS> Norco, CA WX: 42.0øF, 79.0% humidity, 0 mph NE wind, 0.15 inches
 >  RS> rain/24hrs
 >
 > Considering that the CHRS kludge applies to the entire message, I think it
 > is more logical to look at the entire message including header, footer en
 > origin lines to determine the encoding.

Synchronet does exactly that.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

This Is Spinal Tap quote #15:
Review on "Shark Sandwich", merely a two word review: "Shit Sandwich".
Norco, CA WX: 56.8øF, 59.0% humidity, 7 mph SSE wind, 0.02 inches rain/24hrs
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