02 Mar 16 08:44, you wrote to Stephen Hurd:

 >>> However, almost all message editors comply to it, so that's common
 >>> practice.
 SH>> That's a bold statement that doesn't agree with my experience. Maybe
 SH>> if you only include message editors specifically written for FidoNet
 SH>> rather than all message editors.

 AV> Obviously, yes: all other message editors are out-of-scope here.

really? what about all the new *nix based systems that use nano or vi or even
emacs for their users' message editor? at least they can write and display
UTF-8... which is more important?

 >>> Moreover, people with incompliant editors may be banned from some
 >>> echoareas.
 SH>> Sounds like areas that aren't worth posting in anyway if they'll be
 SH>> happy to punish users for decisions their sysops make.

 AV> In practice, those users simply move to points.

not over here they don't... they never have... they live with the situation OR
they find another BBS OR both... in some cases, they might be able to get their
sysop to find a new and better editor for them to use but that won't help at
all if the BBS doesn't place the quotes in the temporary message file
properly...

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