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echo: fmail_help
to: mark lewis
from: Michiel van der Vlist
date: 2008-02-17 19:57:58
subject: Wish list

Hello mark,

On Saturday February 16 2008 19:56, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> But the issue was not how it looks when these characters are
 MvdV>> passed trough the mail, the issue was how it looks on my screen
 MvdV>> when I run Fmail.

 ml> in a DOSbox on win98??

With European settings....

 ml> it should be just fine... it is on ly system... errmmm... well...
 ml> earlier versions are... i've still got the last one released by the
 ml> original author on my win98se box for one of my point systems...

 ml> sounds like something is definitely screwed up somewhere :?

It looks exactly as I expect. Considering that it was obviously designed
for codepage 437 and the DOS box in win98se (European) is codepage 850.

The box characters for the corners of a box with single verticals and
double horizontals do not exist in codepage 850....



Cheers, Michiel

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