On 2018 Jun 04 14:29:54, you wrote to me:

 RM>>> But maybe you can forward a request to Mikey. Why does he think it
 RM>>> is a good idea to post poems in a language that most participants do
 RM>>> not understand in this echo? I am genuinely wondering.
 ml>> he's testing UTF-8 to see how it traverses fidonet and to see if it
 ml>> is properly displayed on the other end...

 RM> That is all great.
 RM> There are just 3 points I do not understand:
 RM> 1) why does testing frequency depend on the frequency of mails generated
by
 RM> a script that went haywire from a different node

why does the frequency of hearing a fire engine's siren depend on the frequency
of fires?

 RM> 2) there is a UTF-8 echo where such testing would fit much better than
 RM> here why not post it there

that echo has a limited horizon... it is not the ones that have and can do
UTF-8 that are being tested...

 RM> 3) why was the test not prepanded by an explanation detailing what the
 RM> test is all about

why is there not a huge radio and TV broadcast about fire engines before they
leave the fire station to go deal with fires?

 RM> Also I would assume that such a test will not deliver much news.

that's up to the one running the test and collecting the results...

 RM> All sane tossers will push the mail text unmodified.

the tosser are not in question...

 RM> Very view editors will display the extended characters correctly.

it isn't just editors in question... apparently you haven't been following
maurice and mikey for very long... some of us have been following them for
decades ;)

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