Subj : when you can do what wasn't meant to be To : August Abolins From : Maurice Kinal Date : Sun Mar 03 2024 21:10:52 Hej August! AA> I thought kludges were otherwise known as control paragraphs and AA> not displayed as part of the body. You are correct, except they are still part of the msg_body and not the msg_header, or at least in the packed msg this is so. How your particular application handles them on the local displey is up to your application but the msg_body shouldn't be messed with as far as altering them is concerned. As you have clearly demonstrated with the 8-bit encodings (eg CP437), this isn't always the case and bad things can and do happen. You can now hang your head in shame. :-) Het leven is goed, Maurice -o o- -o o- (\ /) (\ /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ .... Fidonet 1080p - De vier pinguïns van de Apocalyps --- GNU bash, version 5.2.26(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113) .