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    From Mikoláš Jiří Panský@2:423/81.44 to All on Fri Oct 16 20:26:33 2026
    Hello All,

    let me introduce You the multi mail 0.51.1 utf-8 with ANSI support.
    It supports both CP437 and UTF-8 ANSI. I tried on ANSI Artworks from
    BBS_ADS.

    https://bbst.neocities.org/pkg/2610/mmail-0.51.1-utf8.tgz

    Thank You for warm welcoming. There is so many replies. Thanks for all.

    By any chance. What now? Are there going to be new UTF-8 Conferences?

    Is it going to be more propagated?

    Thank You and have a nice weekend

    Mikoláš

    ... Formatting of drive A Failed, trying drive C instead....
    ___ MultiMail/Linux v0.51.1 UTF-8


    --- Mystic BBS/QWK v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Infolinka BBS (2:423/81.44)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Mikoláš Jiří Panský on Sat Oct 17 12:31:00 2026
    Hello Mikoláš,

    On 16 Oct 26 20:26, you wrote to All:

    By any chance. What now?

    We start using UTF-8 of course.

    Are there going to be new UTF-8 Conferences?

    Like this one? No, probably not. This area is for discussions ABOUT UTF-8. Discuss technical problems, discuss new software that supports it, etc, etc.

    Most echomail moderators do not follow the ASCII only restriction mentioned in echopol1. So in practise you can use UTF-8 almost everywhere. Your milage may vary.

    Is it going to be more propagated?

    I hope so. Another recent breakthrough is R50 joining the UTF-8 version of the nodelist. So just start using UTF-8 wherever you can. That is the best way to promote it.


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 2.0.0-b20260928
    * Origin: Nieuw Schnøørd (2:280/5555)
  • From Mikoláš Jiří Panský@2:423/81.44 to Michiel van der Vlist on Sun Oct 18 06:50:37 2026
    Michiel van der Vlist wrote to unu <=-


    Hello Michiel,

    Hello Mikoláš,

    Is it going to be more propagated?

    I hope so. Another recent breakthrough is R50 joining the UTF-8 version of the nodelist. So just start using UTF-8 wherever you can. That is
    the best way to promote it.

    Pretty cool. For me next step is to consider newer BBS. By any chance, do we have any BBS UTF-8 list? Current setup for me works only BBS -> z-modem -> QWK
    MultiMail -> REP packat -> z-modem -> BBS. I am thinking about native UTF-8
    BBS...

    Thank You very much and have a good day

    Mikoláš

    ... *MISSING* Tagline, 70 characters long, last seen in Hawaii.
    ___ MultiMail/Linux v0.51.1 UTF-8


    --- Mystic BBS/QWK v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Infolinka BBS (2:423/81.44)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Mikoláš Jiří Panský on Sun Oct 18 14:50:29 2026
    Hello Mikoláš,

    On 18 Oct 26 06:50, you wrote to me:

    Pretty cool. For me next step is to consider newer BBS. By any chance,
    do we have any BBS UTF-8 list?

    Not that I know of. But I am not an expert on the matter of BBS lists.

    Current setup for me works only BBS -> z-modem -> QWK -> MultiMail ->
    REP packat -> z-modem -> BBS. I am thinking about native UTF-8 BBS...

    If you want to make a project of it.... Go ahead!


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 2.0.0-b20260928
    * Origin: Nieuw Schnøørd (2:280/5555)