Hey Ozz!

Just for the record, the message I am replying to -> MSGID: 1:1/123.0 5D164D19 
<- never arrived at 1:153/7001 through the normal uplink 1:153/757.  However it 
was recieved via 1:154/10 which I am using as the main link for 
1:153/7001.2989.  Also it shows up on the Europoint which I use for 
verification purposes as well.

With or without a BOM makes no difference not unlike the CHRS kludge for UTF-8. 
 Also it does nothing to solve the obvious flaw of the 'ignored' 0x8d 
characters no matter what the encoding is or whether or not the CHRS kludge is 
deployed.  I see no fix proposed in your message.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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