On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:49:06 -0300 Beny Spira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > So, I understand that the document _did_ show correctly at your home, > > but was modified when you sent it back to your work. Is that correct? > > Or was it already missing characters when you worked on it at home? > > > > If you lost the characters while sending the document, how did you > > send it? By FTP? If so, did you enable BINARY transmission? > > > > John > > > > Hi John > The characters disappeared when the document was sent as an attachment > by e-mail from home to work. There was no problem when the same document > was sent before by e-mail from work to home. As Marc has already pointed > out, it seems that there is a problem with the locales, but I do not > know how to fix it. I do this kind of transfer (by e-mail) all the time > with other files (.doc, .sxw, .txt etc...), and it never happened > before. Any suggestions? > Beny Some programs code special characters, such as with accents, in such a way they _can_ be sent as 7-bit codes (required for transmission over the e-mail system). Others, such as LyX, put the 8-bit ASCII codes in their files. In such a case, it is necessary to indicate to the mail program that this is, in fact, a binary file. Some e-mail program code everything as mime64, and they do not have problems. I believe this can be automated, by editing /etc/mime.conf - maybe someone can confirm this. John
