Hey Kees!

 KvE> I presume that Maurice does something similar.

Not quite.  I used to convert but gave it up as an exersise in futility as you
point out.

 KvE> Where I do not agree with Maurice is that, as he has no need for
 KvE> the characterset controlline, he does not add one to his
 KvE> messages. It would be a nice guesture if he did, as a service to
 KvE> backward compatibillity.

Backwards compatible to what?  An FTN compliant UTF-8 messaging system never
existed before and arguably I am the only one getting it correctly today.  All
the control lines in the universe won't alter that fact.

For the record I started putting in the bogus "CHRS: UTF-8 4" one way back
when.  It quickly became obvious that it would never work and only served to
promote the scam.  It most definetly isn't needed.

Life is good,
Maurice

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