-={ Monday, 25 April 2016, 13:42:58.768014450 -0400 }=-

Hey mark!

 ml> are you saying that the addition of 0xff is changing the meaning
 ml> of 0xc3 0xb8 and 0xc3 0xb6???

No but it will cause it to be tossed to the grunged message pile of some utf8
capable tossers.  In my case it just screwed up the word wrapping until it was
erradicated.  Also 0xfe and 0xff should NEVER occur in a true utf8 message.  On
that point alone it should never pass initial processing (tossing).

 ml> some programs convert to 'a' or '^a' or '^A'

I think '^A' matches what I've seen in encoding or character tables.  Also
editors might display them as such, often coloured.  In vim I see them as a
blue '^A'.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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