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Linda Newell <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:41:37 -0500
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In a message dated 12/12/2004 6:28:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Patrick Leary <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Ben Parker wrote:
>
>>The fix is unless you are in Japan or similar and really need UTF-8, then
>>reset to the standard ISO-8859-1 charset.
>
>I much appreciate the advice, but am too ignorant to know how to follow
>it.  Do I understand correctly that there's nothing I can do as listowner
>to make the message that's garbled only in ordinary mail (but not in
>digests or archives) or vice-versa, properly readable?  And that this
>change to the standard charset is therefore something I need to tell these
>subscribers to do, and to then repost their messages?  I have no earthly
>idea how to reset a charset, and am sure they don't, either, so any tips on
>that would be greatly appreciated,.
>
>Patrick

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As one who was eagerly waiting wisdom from  the "Ancients" on this, I don't remember seeing an answer.  Did I miss it?

Really could use some help as our digest gets worse and worse,
Linda Newell
The Myasthenic Meeting Place
www.myasthenicmeetingplace.org.uk

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