On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:08:30AM -0700, Bob Barr wrote:
> Simon,
> Nope, the problem is that I'm not sending messages the way I thought I
> was.
>
That may be so, but quoted-printable is a very commonly used encoding,
especially in countries which use characters which don't appear in the ascii
table and I don't think that having people reconfigure their clients to send
to the piclist is very scalable.
>
> Olin,
> Agreed 100%. I had no idea that I *wasn't* sending plain text until
> you pointed it out to me. (And I'm still not, unfortunately.) I
> haven't been able to find an option setting to send plain text so I've
> sent off a query to Forte tech-support to see what recommendations
> they might have. I'd certainly prefer that my posts be as convenient
> as possible for as many people on the list as I can. Plain text just
> makes common sense to use.
>
Agreed, but your post *was* plain text - it did not include any QP-style
encodings, as indeed it shouldn't if you send plain ascii messages. That's why
I have a problem with Microsoft making life difficult when there really
shouldn't be a problem.

>
> >Also, he was asking me for a favor.  Remember the golden rule: He who has
> >the gold makes the rules.  In this case the "gold" is information.
>
> Yep, I was and it certainly is. Thanks again.
>
Ok, but expect quoted-printable or 8-bit encoded messages from Europeans who
tend to use it more than Americans because of their alphabets. And remember,
they may hold the gold next time.

Simon.
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