LL-L "Administrativia" 2003.03.23 (01) [E]

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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: Administrativa

It happened to me a couple of times on this list:
When I send to the list text with characters with accent (as e.g. in
French), it happens that in the message distributed from the list server,
some but not all of these characters are erased.
Below a sample of what I have sent and what I received in return: the a with
accent grave disappeared between "est" et "plate"
This message was pasted into notepad before for being sure all characters
are "legal".

Thanks for explaining,

Roger

----- Original Message -- has the a with accent grave ---
From: "Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc." <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
To: <LOWLANDS-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: Resources

Il est ruiné, il est à plate couture.

----- Original Message --- the a is erased in the distributed message --
From: "Lowlands-L" <admin at lowlands-l.net>
To: <LOWLANDS-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 10:19 PM
Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2003.03.23 (03) [E]

Il est ruiné, il est   plate couture.

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From: R. F. Hahn <admin at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Administrativia

Roger,

I have no idea what that bizarre problem is caused by.  Perhaps someone else
on the List has an idea, or someone at the LINGUIST List, our hosts (whom I
am copying).

The same goes for why Sandy Fleming never gets "special" characters in
messages that I send, irrespective which program I use or if I send it
directly or through the list server.

It would be nice to get this fixed.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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