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Re: 8-bit transmission in NNTP

1994-09-12 11:04:46
We should allow 8-bit chars in headers fields.

Without character set information, such 8-bit information is useless.
Most enclaves assume a single 8-bit character set, this does not scale
to a global communication system.

Agreed.  But perhaps 8-bit characters could be legal in News headers
*after* a charset parameter appears?  I know that one cannot depend on
header order being preserved in mail, but maybe News is (or could be)
different?

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