15 Dec 16 22:19, you wrote to me:

 ml>> i've never seen JAMNNTPd accept a UTF-8 post from a client... in fact,
 ml>> it specifically refuses them on my OS/2 box... i've had to train my
 ml>> users that if they see a certain message to open a menu on their
 ml>> client and make sure they set the characterset to "Western" which is
 ml>> ISO-8859 one and then resend the message... then it is accepted and
 ml>> they can be happy..

 NB> I'm translating all character sets to UTF-8 here via the "read" option.
 NB> Seems to be working as expected. Björn has also posted with UTF-8 on
 NB> numerous occasions (albeit only with the level 2 parameter, and only when
 NB> replying to a UTF-8 message - which just means he's translating and
posting
 NB> in the same character set as the post he's replying to). So maybe it's
just
 NB> an OS/2 thing?

the last time i tried messing with it was in 2013... i went back to the
original config after the utf-8 stuff didn't work as expected/desired... i
don't recall exactly what it was that "wasn't right" but whatever it was i
didn't like...

 ml>> it can be if they are properly pointed to their UTF-8 equivelents...
 ml>> the real problem is going the other way but ...

 NB> I hear ya. Makes me wonder if the CP437 -> UTF-8 translation file for
 NB> Golded is garbage then (I use the same one for both Golded and JamNNTPd).

it should be easy enough to look at and correct if needed... i never really
understood those translation files as anything other than a max of 255 entries
listing "original character" and "translated character" on one line with two
files for two way translation... that's why you can't translate from utf-8 back
to anything else... it has more than 255 characters...

 ml>> yeah, i've seen a lot of that, too...

 NB> It would be nice if at least iconv could somehow be made to accept
 NB> "unknown-8bit" as CP437 or IBMPC, but alas.. we don't live in a perfect
 NB> world. :)

you don't have a DEFAULTREAD CP437 set? if there's a message with no CHRS or
similar, it'll be assumed to be 437 which should be translated easily...

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