Subj : codepage
To   : Chris Jacobs
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sat Feb 25 2023 01:09 pm

> Is codepage 437 a Vertrauen BBS thing or a multimail thing? Can I use utf-8
> if I don't use multimail like now?

CP437 is a codepage, it was used a lot by BBSs of yesterday and even today. It's not really a BBS or Synchronet thing although if you type in any CP437 characters (line drawing characters, perhaps) synchronet will set the CHRS kludge to CP437. If you type in any utf8 characters Synchronet will set the CHRS kludge to "UTF-8 4".

The message I am replying to has a CHRS kludge of "ASCII 1".

The reply I am writting now will likely have a kludge like LATIN-1.

It's nothing to worry about. It is there so the person reading your mail can read it as expected.

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