James Silverton wrote:

> "Default User" > wrote in message
> ...
> > James Silverton wrote:
> >
> > > charset="windows-1256"
> >
> > Nothing to do with your post, but your post had the above header
> > set. That says to use character set Arabic (Windows).

> You know, you're right about the character set and I have no idea why
> it is chosen! I thought it might be because I use FidoLook as a
> composer but in straight OE I also get windows-1256. I'm not
> particularly well up on OE. Can you point me in the right direction
> to find out about character sets?

Not really. My newsreader has pull-down box on the message window that
shows the current character set and allows one to select something
else. The Arabic caught my eye.




Brian

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