Hello Kees,

On Monday May 27 2019 12:17, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> AFAIK, the only encoding in use in Fidonet that covers both
 MvdV>> cyrillic and the 'o' diaeresis is UTF-8.

 KE> I have the impression, that the majority that prefers Cyrrillic for
 KE> their conversation, mainly use other encodings than UTF-8

I think your impression is correct. In the echos where Russian or Ukranian is
the dominant language, CP866 is the default character encoding. For files they
often use KOI8-r.

 KE> Those who are able to read UTF-8 encoded messages are free to do so in
 KE> echo areas that promote that encoding. Publishing UTF-8 encoded
 KE> messages in general areas like FIDONEWS, where UTF-8 readers are a
 KE> minoriity, is even worse than mixing 8-bit encodings in one message.

That is a matter of opinion. As a techie I would say that mixing 8 bit
encodings in one and the same message or in one and the same file is
technically incorrect and therefore "worse".


Cheers, Michiel

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