[Info-vax] VMS-based InfoServer

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de
Thu Aug 5 15:34:15 EDT 2010


In article
<846b102d-3395-4b26-b9cf-2720bc332e56 at l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
MetaEd <metaed at gmail.com> writes: 

> Yes, with the caveat that, though the Usenet backbone has been 8-bit
> clean for years, some end nodes (dare I say some VMS nodes?) running
> legacy software aren't. 8 bit codes might solve one problem but create
> another.

I don't see why any VMS nodes wouldn't be 8-bit clean.  (VMS MAIL can 
also be set to be 8-bit clean.)

> I disagree that the recipient should assume the proper character set.
> If you are going to use an experimental protocol, you should do it
> right and advise the recipient what code page was used, with the
> appropriate MIME headers.

If one is posting a MIME message intended to be read by MIME-aware 
clients, then yes.  However, if no MIME headers are specified, then a 
sensible assumption seems OK (similar to assuming a bit stream is ASCII 
and not EBCDIC).




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