In article ,
Mike Tullett writes:
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:55:45 +0000, John Hall wrote in


In article ,
Mike Tullett writes:
Apoligies if the symbols don't show up correctly. This is my first attempt
at using the Windows Character Map.

They didn't here, but that may be the fault of a news server en route
not being able to cope.

John - I did see it fine in both Dialog and OE. Here is a URL to an htm
page I've uploaded which should show all the characters correctly.

http://www.mikett.plus.com/post_to_uksciweather.htm

Thanks. That displays correctly for me in IE6.

You are far more of an expert on Usenet then I,

I wouldn't regard myself as an expert.

so could I ask what is the
general policy regarding such posts as mine that contain none ASCII
characters? Would they be classed as binary, as they must have the 8th bit
set?

I'd hate to fall foul of Usenet protocol:-)


Don't worry, I don't think that they'd be classed as binary.

My understanding is that news these days generally copes with 8-bit
characters (is "8 bit clean" in the jargon), but that this is not
guaranteed, and it's possible that a news server en route has "lost" the
8th bit. It could instead be a deficiency in my newsreader, Turnpike. Or
maybe I just don't have a suitable character set installed. Your headers
for the post in question included:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

which look plausible to me.
--
John Hall
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)