07-14-15 09:06 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: International
ncodin

 HG> {at}MSGID: 
 HG> In a message dated 07-13-15, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

 HG> GM Ed,
GE Holger,

 HG> MultiMail is not governing what you can see on the screen but
 HG> the editor you use does.

 EV> I didn't know MM used the editor I use to write messages when I was
 EV> reading messages in it.

 HG> No it doesn't. What you see when you read is the characters
 HG> that are governed by the CodePage your operating system is set
 HG> to use.

 HG> The editor also uses the same CP unless it's configured
 HG> otherwise.

O.K.

 HG> Your case is a bit difficult because IIRC your OpSys is Win XP
 HG> but you use a DOS version of MultiMail and probably even it's
 HG> built-in editor.

 HG> Si it's GIGO ;o(

Garbage In Garbage Out, when something I try gives me GIGO I try to
see if I can figure out what I could do to correct it.
Then I come here and ask.

 HG> I don't thinl you will be helped by installing the MMWin
 HG> version either because those accented characters have other
 HG> codes in the Windows CP's.

I already have MMWin v 49 and v 50 to play with.
I hadn't thought to look at that high ASCII file I wrote about.

73

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