E-Mail Formats RE: Future of cctalk/cctech

[Dave Wade]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan
> via cctalk
> Sent: 18 June 2020 08:22
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: RE: Future of cctalk/cctech
> 
> ED SHARPE wrote:
> > Use modern email program that sees expanded char. Sets and
> > graphics.... it is a brand new world !    I love old hardware to look
> > at but if communicating  I like  the ability to see graphical
> > things...  and I think tell majority of people like  images of
> > things......   Ed#
> >
> 

Just beware. Some environments, especially old EBCDIC ones put different currency symbols on the same code points
So:-

I wrote this as one dollar => $1.00
This as one pound => $1
And this as one euro => €1
Lastly one cent => ¢1

I expect you all get that as sent except for perhaps the Euro which didn't exist when Peters VAX was built....
... but on an old UK EBCDIC mainframe Dollar becomes Pound and Cent becomes dollar. This was a real pain as a UK user of Bitnet. 

Dave

> Let me get this straight.  If I stop using VMS MAIL for this list and use one of
> these new fangled things instead, I too will be able to make high quality
> postings to the list, just like this one???
> 
> Regards,
> Peter Coghlan
> 
> >
> > On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Fred Cisin via cctalk <cisin at xenosoft.com;
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, ED SHARPE @ AOHell.com via cctalk wrote:
> > > These 2 have my vote as well....
> > > I do not know, anyone using a text only mail reader anymore!
> > >
> > >> The one thing I would change here is removal of the restriction on
> attachments.
> > >> Well, two things.. Getting rid of the cctalk/cctech split as well.
> >
> > I read this list on PINE, on a shell account at my ISP.
> >
> > In this group, I doubt that I am the only one.
> >
> >
> > Can we restrict to TEXT emails?
> >
> > --
> > Grumpy Ol' Fred            cisin at xenosoft.com
> >