Hi! Nick,

On 07/11/2017 07:28 AM, you wrote:

 PQ>> BTW, I have Thunderbird's "Server settings-->Default character
 PQ>> encoding" option set for 'Unicode UTF-8' on this NNTP server and
 PQ>> three others.

 NB> Ah hah! When did you join in on the fun? ;)

I'm only here to have fun & help people.  :)

Cheers,
Paul.

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