Irritating equal strings

[Don Livingston]

Colleagues,

On occasion we see a message on SEELANGS that contains an indecipherable set of characters like =D0=1F=D1=80=D0=B8=D0=32=D0=35=D1=82 or sometimes other gobbledygook.  I finally became irritated enough to do something about it and wrote a utility to help unscramble those sequences.  You may use it free of charge at:

http://shininghappypeople.net/deljr/equalconverter.htm

Copy the offending text, paste it into the space provided and follow the easy instructions.  Quite often that will clarify the text.  Bookmark the webpage in your browser for easy access.  The utility does not solve all the coding issues, but I think you'll find it helpful.  I already have.

It's worth remembering that there are still many mail systems out there that are not configured to deal with Cyrillic characters.  The safest way to be sure that the majority of subscribers will be able to read your posting is to transliterate it into English characters.  If you have a Russian text that would take too long to retype, then go to

http://www.convertcyrillic.com/

where you can paste your text into a window, choose ALA-LC Romanization WITHOUT diacritics and click convert.  The text will be transliterated without your having to retype it, and you can easily paste it into your posting.

Warmest wishes, Don Livingston.

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