On Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:01:31 -0500, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Paul
wrote:

Zaghadka wrote:
On Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:40:00 -0500, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, nospam
wrote:

In article , Zaghadka
wrote:

(By the way, you used a non-ASCII long hyphen in the subject line and not
all news readers handle it. I had to change the header to post to Eternal
September.)
that's a valid character in a subject or body.

you need to update your newsreader to modern standards.

My newsreader handles, displays, and sends it fine. Eternal September
chokes on it as invalid. I made an oopsie when I said "news readers." I
meant "news servers."

They probably use only 128 bit ASCII as a matter of principle.


That rule on E-S, exists to stop a single user from messing around :-)

That user has even visited this group, so I won't be naming names.

Paul

My email is valid, unlike a lot of people these days on Usenet. Tell me
more, LOL. ;^)

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Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten