Subject: Re: Receiving 8-bits characters

From: [email-masked] (Christian Mondrup)
Date: 29 May 1996 07:59:27 GMT

Arild Skalmeraas ([email-masked]) wrote:
: This is probably a question which has a very obvious answer. However, I 
: couldn't find an answer to it in the comp.mail.pine FAQ.

: So here goes: How do I configure Pine to receive 8 bit characters 
: instead of the usual 7 bits?  I need to do so to view/send the special 
: Nordic characters correctly. I'm using a Unix machine.

: Could anyone give me a hand? Thanks.

Get pine version >= 3.92 and mark the enable-8bit-esmtp-negotiation feature 
list item.

: Arild Skalmeraas   E-mail: [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Magni Onsoien)
Date: 2 Jun 1996 19:42:49 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,

>: Nordic characters correctly. I'm using a Unix machine.

As far as I know pine is 8 bits? (Maybe except the header)

>Get pine version >= 3.92 and mark the enable-8bit-esmtp-negotiation feature 

(Sorry I don't reply to the original message but I didn't see this 
question until now)

I'm using pine 3.91 for unix, and I have no problems with 8bit characters.

But it might depend on telnet and what telnetprogram you are using.
try configure your telnetprgram for 8bit charachters.

Instead of telnet you may also use rlogin <hostname> -l <username> 

(these things depends on how you use the unix system, if you log in from 
a remote machine, fex a PC with telnet, or if you are directly on the 
unix machine.

-- Magni

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From: [email-masked] (Christian Mondrup)
Date: 3 Jun 1996 13:44:10 GMT

Magni Onsoien ([email-masked]) wrote:
: In article <[email-masked]>,
: Christian Mondrup <[email-masked]> wrote:

: >: So here goes: How do I configure Pine to receive 8 bit characters 
: >: instead of the usual 7 bits?  I need to do so to view/send the special 
: >: Nordic characters correctly. I'm using a Unix machine.

: As far as I know pine is 8 bits? (Maybe except the header)

: >: Could anyone give me a hand? Thanks.
: >
: >Get pine version >= 3.92 and mark the enable-8bit-esmtp-negotiation 
: > feature list item.

: (Sorry I don't reply to the original message but I didn't see this 
: question until now)

: I'm using pine 3.91 for unix, and I have no problems with 8bit characters.

That's true if your sendmail handles 8bit characters correctly. But you will
not be able to use 8bit characters in mail headers - e.g. the subject 
header - without using pine version >= 3.92.

: But it might depend on telnet and what telnetprogram you are using.
: try configure your telnetprgram for 8bit charachters.

: Instead of telnet you may also use rlogin <hostname> -l <username> 

: (these things depends on how you use the unix system, if you log in from 
: a remote machine, fex a PC with telnet, or if you are directly on the 
: unix machine.

: -- Magni

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