Posted by NRen2k5 on 02/08/07 22:54

J.J. O'Shea wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:24:58 -0500, Michelle Steiner wrote
> (in article <michelle-3D0DB2.12245807022007@news.east.cox.net>):
>
>> In article <Topyh.46212$3D6.1944022@weber.videotron.net>,
>> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Please don't try to use curly quotes on Usenet. They don't always work.
>>> Stick with pure ASCII.
>> I copied and pasted the article without attempting to edit it. I did
>> not notice that they had used curly quotes.
>>
>>
>
> You gotta consider who's complaining.
>
> And the simple fact that if only he had a real newsreader, he'd not be
> complaining, as real newsreaders showed either straight quotes or knew enough
> to show curly quotes and not some fool escape code.
>
> Ignore the twit.

'Fraid you're wrong, asshole.

Michelle's posts are missing the "Content-type" metadata which tells the
newsreader what character set was used. With that absent, it's pretty
much left to chance whether or not any given newsreader will properly
display any non-ASCII characters she posts.

What do you expect Thunderbird to be - clairvoyant?!

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