Hi, Tommi Koivula!
I read your message from 15.07.2017 13:03

  ak>>> We talked not about box drawing, but what the owners of
  ak>>> GoldEd/cp437 will see when somebody posts messages with Russian
  ak>>> lines in UTF8.
  BF>> So, have you checked out my NNTP server yet? Have you noticed the
  BF>> huge difference from the NNTP servers you are used to when it
  BF>> comes to adhering to our FTN standards?

  TK> He has an account at my server as well as Paul's. I think he knows.

I tried to test a UTF8 message by sending a UTF8 message from via NNTP 
server fidonews.mine.nu

Look at the reply at "test" area.

Bye, Tommi!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2017
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