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