So I'm the last to learn that you can't originate UTF8 Google posts.
I'm not too much into free because you get what you pay for. I'll put
up with the Google sponsoring links. Or I can keep a UTF8 post going
forever with an before the Google grace period to respond to a
post. Better yet maybe I can ask some kind soul like Kuri to create a
UTF8 post for me to The biggest problem with Google is the jetlag
for posts but there is a forced cooling off period. I know I sign up
for something free and the small print says so long as no complaints
then I'm booted because someone says I spamming about commercial
improprieties and they want to kill the messenger. Sticking around
for the occasional Kuri like post is worth the grief even if you miss
my posts and any correspondence because your killfile eradicates
anything about the discussion of tea. I appreciate the other posts
about the use of Bai Hao without the Chinese characters because they
expanded the use as a tradename. A local dealer likes 'oriental
beauty' better than 'formosa champagne'. So now I can expect to see
his teas with Black Dragon and Oriental Beauty which is more sexy than
Fujian or Formosa. Geography maps don't sell teas. This local dealer
who has been making a go of it for two years and just recently added
Sunday hours is making me feel more guilty because now I occassionally
think twice by not driving across town to ethnic stores for the teas
he stocks. I can see the sequel now: The Passion of the Tea Drinker
complete with temptations and agony of the leaves.

Jim

Derek > wrote in message >...
> While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, cc rolled initiative
> and posted the following:
>
> >
> > "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
> >
> >> However any
> >> originating post in Google uses the WESTERN ISO default charset.
> >> I spent days in alt.test trying to originate a post in UTF8 but
> >> no giddyup.
> >
> > Stop trying, even if that worked once, that wouldn't the next
> > time. A number of people posting on newsgroups using Asian and
> > UTF formats say the following free news server is reliable :
> >
> > http://news.cis.dfn.de/
>
> Which is no longer available for international users. They've set up
> news.individual.net for international use.