Alpha char test = α

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21 Mar 26 15:43:00 August Abolins (1:153/757.21) wrote:

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@CHRS: CP437 2
@TZUTC: -0400
Alpha char test = α

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On March 21 2026, August Abolins wrote:

Alpha char test = α

looks like an alpha symbol α


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August Abolins -> All:

@MSGID: 1:153/757.21@fidonet 2aa01a07
@PID: OpenXP/5.0.64 (Win32)
@CHRS: CP437 2
@TZUTC: -0400

Alpha char test = α

Ok, for readers that support cp437 :-)

Carlos

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Hello Matthew!

** On Saturday 21.03.26 - 12:55, you wrote to me:

On March 21 2026, August Abolins wrote:

Alpha char test = ╬▒

looks like an alpha symbol ╬▒

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Nope. Your UTF-8 reply broke it. :(

Maybe it would be a good idea to retain the original CHARSET setting. (?)

It was X-XP-Charset: IBM437, as should this one be.



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On 21.03.2026 23.22, August Abolins wrote:

On March 21 2026, August Abolins wrote:

Alpha char test = +#

looks like an alpha symbol +#

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Nope. Your UTF-8 reply broke it. :(

Nope. His reply message as UTF-8 was ok, but your reply broke it. ;)

Maybe it would be a good idea to retain the original CHARSET setting. (?)

Yes. However, it is not possible with all mail readers, like thunderbird.

'Tommi

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On March 21 2026, August Abolins wrote:

Nope. Your UTF-8 reply broke it. :(

Maybe it would be a good idea to retain the original CHARSET setting.
(?)

Probably!

Testing α with CP437

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Hello Matthew!

** On Sunday 22.03.26 - 01:18, you wrote to me:

On March 21 2026, August Abolins wrote:

Nope. Your UTF-8 reply broke it. :(

Maybe it would be a good idea to retain the original CHARSET setting.
(?)

Probably!

Testing α with CP437

Thanks. That's readable.

α ß Γ π Σ σ µ τ Φ Θ Ω δ ∞

Limited to cp437 here.

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On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:15:54 +0200
"Tommi Koivula -> August Abolins" <0@360.221.2> wrote:

looks like an alpha symbol +#

Nope. Your UTF-8 reply broke it. :(

Nope. His reply message as UTF-8 was ok, but your reply broke it. ;)

Maybe it would be a good idea to retain the original CHARSET setting. (?)

Yes. However, it is not possible with all mail readers, like thunderbird.

'Tommi

I don't think I ever did a Sylpheed/nntp comparison.

α ß Γ π Σ σ µ τ Φ Θ Ω δ ∞

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You wrote to Matthew Asham:

Maybe it would be a good idea to retain the original CHARSET setting. (?)

AFAIK WinPoint is currently the only Fidonet editor that automatically uses the charset of the replied-to message.

Carlos
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OK now that is interesting. The one I posted didn't reach this BBS intact,
but the one you posted (in the Subject and body) did.

I would guess it is because your message included the characters CP437
kludge. That said, I don't know that my tosser here is new enough to know what that is, and I know the BBS software has no clue about it. ;)

Mike


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Testing α with CP437

c

It made it here ok, but I wonder if it will be preserved in this
reply.

Mike

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Hello Mike Powell!

** On Sunday 22.03.26 - 09:17, Mike Powell wrote to Matthew Asham:

Testing α with CP437

c

It made it here ok, but I wonder if it will be preserved in this
reply.

Yep. That went well. But not sure why you have a little "c" right after my original line, above.


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X_C:
X-XP-NTP: 30
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X-XP-Charset: IBM437
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On March 22 2026, Mike Powell wrote:

Testing α with CP437

c

It made it here ok, but I wonder if it will be preserved in this
reply.

Came back okay. Loads okay in the response composer too.

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On March 22 2026, August Abolins wrote:

Hello Matthew!

** On Sunday 22.03.26 - 01:18, you wrote to me:

On March 21 2026, August Abolins wrote:

Nope. Your UTF-8 reply broke it. :(

Maybe it would be a good idea to retain the original CHARSET
setting.
(?)

Probably!

Testing α with CP437

Thanks. That's readable.

α ß Γ π Σ σ µ τ Φ Θ Ω δ ∞

Limited to cp437 here.

As always I am grateful for the tests.

Happy Sunday!


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Testing � with CP437

c

It made it here ok, but I wonder if it will be preserved in this reply.

Yep. That went well. But not sure why you have a little "c" right after my
original line, above.

Typo. ;)

Mike

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