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[Mykola Szoma]

David Paul Brokaw wrote:
>
> Dear SEELangers,
>
> I have forgotten some of the information that is the basis of the discussion
> that has been taking place on this list.  Why can I open and read an
> attachment to an e-mail written in Cyrillic and an html file attachment in
> an e-mail written in Cyrillic, but I cannot read the text of an e-mail that
> has been written in Cyrillic.  There is no problem reading the text of a
> website written in Cyrillic and writing an e-mail in Cyrillic.  Why can I
> read the attachment in Cyrillic from a given person when I cannot read the
> text of an e-mail in Cyrillic from the same person?
>
> When I receive an attachment in Cyrillic, all I have to do is open the
> attachment, highlight the text, and set the language to Ukrainian or
> Russian-the two languages I use at work.  The text switches from something
> that looks like curse words in the comic strips to Cyrillic.  When I try the
> same technique with the text of an e-mail, the text just laughs at me.  If
> you listen closely enough, you can hear the giggles.
>
The solution is:
1. Save the text (or the E-mail) to any folder, seting to Western
ISO-8859-1 charset;
2. Read the text saved with the Browser seting to apropriate Cyrillic
charset.

> I assume that something is lost when the information is sent.  But if the
> information is in KIO8 or 1251(CP1251?) when it is sent, where does the
> encoding(?) get lost?  Is it like the fall of the yers, and I really do not
> want to know ?
>
> I thank you for any assistance and apologize for any inconvenience.
>
> Dave Brokaw, Office Manager
> Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project

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Mykola Szoma (Ukrayinets': Schoma Mykola Opanasovych)
Sociologo & Analista de Sistemas de Computador
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