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Deborah Cresswell <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:40:57 +0000
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Miroslaw J. Wiechowski wrote:
> 
> Message from Deborah Cresswell [11:42 99-02-18 ]:
> 
> >Dear all,
> >
> >I have been testing different languages/fonts through our listserv.  It
> >seems as though most European countries go through OK.  However, I
> >received feedback on a French email that I tested.
> >It seemed as though the ' is missing within the text, please see below
> >sentence for an example...
> >
> >Le gagnant s occupe personnellement de sa réservation (possible 7 jours
> >sur 7) dont l offre n est pas limité dans le temps.
> >
> >You will notice that the n'est is missing the ' and l'offre is alos
> >missing the '
> >
> >Is this a listserv problem?  Has anyone else experinced this, if so was
> >there a solution.
> 
> I have never encountered something like this. As the official language
> of my list is Polish, we sometimes must "emulate" those funny Polish
> letters with diacritical signs with the help of apostrophes, tildes etc.
> Like, e.g. [c'ma] or [kos'cio'l/]
> 
> It has always worked.
> 
> Did the feedback come from more than one recipient?
> 
> Regards
> mjw
The feedback came from 3 recipients.  Two on lotus notes and one on
Netscape mail, and the ' was missing on all of them.

I'm at a bit of a loss!! I will send another French test mail through
our listserv and see what happens.

Anybody else out there who has had a similar problem?

Debs

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