Re: character encoding in email

On 21 Feb 2006, Richard Lyons wrote: OT again, I fear. But can someone enlighten me as to why a steadily growing proportion of email is full of wierd codes. I can only suppose they are characters encoded in a way either exim or mutt is failing to interpret. A typical example at random of

character encoding in email

OT again, I fear. But can someone enlighten me as to why a steadily growing proportion of email is full of wierd codes. I can only suppose they are characters encoded in a way either exim or mutt is failing to interpret. A typical example at random of the kind of thing I mean: Annan\222s