Nope. No dice. Seriously, most modern character sets, including UTF-8, are 8-bit text. This list doesn’t grok anything but super plain vanilla 7-bit ASCII, i.e. no extended characters. You can set the Mac to plain text ’til the cows come home, but that’s not going to fix it. 
On Feb 10, 2014, at 2:20 PM, Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Wow, you taught me something I didn=92t know. Here=92s hoping=92 that it =
> works, though I=92m frankly not very confident. FWIW, for Windows Live =
> Mail to send in the proper 7-bit text, I had to set it to send as =
> uuencoded, not MIME. The Mac has no such option.
> 
> On Feb 10, 2014, at 1:59 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Buddy,
>> =20
>> Are you using a Mac?  There are two possible solutions.
>> =20
>> The easiest one is to try:
>> 1.  Open Terminal and login as root.
>> =20
>> 2.  Then execute the following command to set Unicode as the default=20=
> 
>> encoding:
>> =20
>> defaults write com.apple.mail NSPreferredMailCharset "UTF-8"
>> =20
>> =20
>> 3.  Restart Mail and try again.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> The second solution might require help from a pair of eyes, you can =
> force=20
>> Mail to send in utf8 by copying a dingbat to a signature file and =
> including=20
>> that sig with any message you send.
>> =20
>> =20
>> Steve, K8SP
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 5:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: Regarding the List
>> =20
>> =20
>>> I=3D92m happy to leave well enough alone. I was only throwing it out =
> =3D
>>> there. If, as Phil says, a setting can be changed to make modern =
> 8-bit =3D
>>> plain text display properly, I=3D92m happy to crawl back into my =
> hole. If =3D
>>> everyone=3D92s happy with the way things are, I am likewise happy to =
> crawl =3D
>>> back into my hole. FWIW, I=3D92d never move it to Yahoo or Google, I =
> =3D
>>> happen to have access to service with a mailman lists as a feature, =
> as =3D
>>> many of them as I want. Doesn=3D92t make any real difference to me =
> either =3D
>>> way.=3D20
>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 3:00 AM, Ken Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> =20
>>>> As the owner of the list, which I have been for something close to =3D=
> 
>>> twenty=3D20
>>>> years now in various places, let me say a few things, in no=3D20
>>>> particular order of importance.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> First, we have over 230 current active members. That probably comes =
> as =3D
>>> a=3D20
>>>> surprise to a lot of you, I myself didn't even realize it had gotten =
> =3D
>>> that=3D20
>>>> high because I hadn't looked at it in quite a while. Most of these =3D=
> 
>>> people,=3D20
>>>> presumably, wouldn't be here if they weren't happy with the list, at =
> =3D
>>> least=3D20
>>>> for the most part, as it presently exists. Now, I will certainly =
> grant =3D
>>> you=3D20
>>>> that those who post to it and run into some unique difficulties when =
> =3D
>>> doing
>>>> so deserve to have those concerns dealt with if at all=3D20
>>>> possible, as a list without its contributors is nothing more than a =
> =3D
>>> group=3D20
>>>> of email addresses. But it is also true that those experiencing =
> these=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> issues do not make up the majority of the posters to the list, let =3D=
> 
>>> alone=3D20
>>>> the majority of its subscribers.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> Second, but related to the above, I personally am probably not going =
> =3D
>>> to be=3D20
>>>> inclined to deal with the logistics of moving that many people from =
> =3D
>>> one=3D20
>>>> list host  to another, at least not right now. Both my parents are =
> in=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> something less than stellar health these days, and that's taking up =
> a =3D
>>> lot=3D20
>>>> of my time, over and above just the normal obligations of life. This =
> =3D
>>> list=3D20
>>>> is certainly important to me, I wouldn't have kept it going for as =3D=
> 
>>> long as=3D20
>>>> I have if it wasn't, but it has to take its place in terms of =3D
>>> priorities,=3D20
>>>> and again, right now, with it running at least reasonably well, it's =
> =3D
>>> just=3D20
>>>> not that high in the stack. Likewise, I personally am not=20
>>>> particularly=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> inclined to move it to one of the typically-suggested locations for =
> =3D
>>> such=3D20
>>>> things, like Yahoo or Google, both of which present various access =3D=
> 
>>> issues=3D20
>>>> of one sort or another, in addition to mining your personal data =
> for=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> all it's worth, and/or selling/trading/giving it away to most=3D20
>>>> anyone who will take it. I know privacy is becoming more and more of=20=
> 
>>>> a=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> foreign concept these days, but the privacy of my list subscribers =
> is=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> still more important to me than that.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> Having said all this, however, the concerns about message formatting =
> =3D
>>> and=3D20
>>>> the like are also important, and have never not been so. I would be
>>>> glad to hear privately from anyone who owns a listserv list on =
> the=3D20
>>>> icors.net domain who has been able to find a way around them, and in =
> =3D
>>> fact=3D20
>>>> would hope they would have already been in touch if there was one, =
> but =3D
>>> we=3D20
>>>> shall see. Likewise, if anyone knows of such a person, again put =
> them =3D
>>> in=3D20
>>>> touch and I'll do what I can. And most definitely, anyone who wants=20=
> 
>>>> to=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> start something somewhere else is more than welcome to do so, I =3D
>>> certainly=3D20
>>>> don't have a monopoly on lists for blind hams or anyone else. I=20
>>>> would,=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> however, ask that you do me and the list the courtesy of not trying=20=
> 
>>>> to=3D20=3D
>>> =20
>>>> organize it here. Take it private all you want, but not here,=3D20
>>>> please. I think both myself and the list deserve at least that =
> much=3D20
>>>> consideration.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> =3D20
>>>> --
>>>> Ken,
>>>> [log in to unmask]