GE> I was under the impression that Big-5 used to be used in ftn
 GE> messages.

 HR> No. Not translateable.

What do you mean by 'translateable'?

What is not 'translateable'?

What is it not 'translateable' from and what is it not 'translateable' into?

 HR> There are only 

 HR>  "IBMPC",   
 HR>  "ASCII"
 HR>  "LATIN-1"
 HR>  "MAC"

 HR> defined in FTSC. All of them are single byte.

As far as I know there are currently no FTS documents specifying character
set usage in ftn messages.

There are a number of FSC/FSP documents proposing such usage. But if you
combine those documents, they together certainly propose a number of
additional character sets. And I also believe that some of them primarily
propose a framework for the usage of different character sets. While
leaving an open door to adding new character sets as the need arises.

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