Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Archive character encoding issue - SERVER ADMIN?
From:Jim Arnott
Date:Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:55:45 -0700

Chris S, Loren, et al that have brought this to my attention:

Not much I can do except pass on to the actual keeper of the server.   
I don't have access to the logs nor the actual 'guts' of the mailing  
list software.  We'll forward this on and see if Mr. Carrington can  
make heads or tails of it.

Chris, have you tried a test message with the gmail set to English?   
If not, please do so. It might be an issue with what Google is sending.

Jim

On Aug 13, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Chris S wrote:

> I don't know if you, the server admin, are aware of an issue with  
> character
> encoding and translation in the archives of gerry.vanagon.com.
>
> When I use gmail set to my native language, Polish, everyone can  
> read my
> emails but they show up garbled in the archives, like so, and I'm  
> not the
> only one causing or having that problem:
>
> *Date:*         Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:04:41 -0400
> *Reply-To:*     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
> *Sender:*       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> *From:*         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
> <http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe? 
> A2=ind0808B&L=vanagon&D=0&P=56255>
> *Subject:*      Re: HELP! Fuel line problem
> *Comments:* To: Paul Clarke <paul.clarke@iqea.com>
> *In-Reply-To:*  <F9610DED-B6ED-452C-A0B5-EF997E351DC1@iqea.com>
> *Content-Type:* text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2
>
>
> TG9jYXRlIHRoZSBleGFjdCBzb3VyY2Ugb2YgdGhlIGxlYWsgYW5kIHNlZSBpZiB5b3UgY2 
> FuIHNw
> bGljZSBvciB0cmltIHRoZQpkYW1hZ2VkIHBvcnRpb24gb2YgdGhlIGZ1ZWwgbGluZS4KCl 
> RoZSBG
> SSBsaW5lIHNpemUgaXMgN21teDEzbW0gd2l0aCAzbW0gd2FsbCB0aGlja25lc3MsIGFuZC 
> BJIHRo
> aW5rIHRoZSByZXR1cm4KbGluZSBtaWdodCBiZSB0aGUgc2FtZSBzaXplLgoKMjAwOC84Lz 
> EzIFBh
> dWwgQ2xhcmtlIDxwYXVsLmNsYXJrZUBpcWVhLmNvbT4KCj4gVmFuYWdvbiBmcmllbmRzCj 
> 4gSSBh
> bSBvbiB0aGUgcm9hZCBpbiBteSB2YW4gaW4gV2FsZXMgYW5kIEkgaGF2ZSBoaXQgYSBwcm 
> 9ibGVt
> Lgo 
> +IFRoZXJlIGlzIGEgcGlwZSBvbiB0aGUgZHJpdmVycyBzaWRlIG9mIHRoZSB2ZWhpY2xlI 
> HJ1
> bm5pbmcgZnJvbSB0aGUKPiBmdWVsIHRhbmsuICBJdCBlbmRzIHVwIGluIHRoZSBlbmdpbm 
> UgY29t
> cGFydG1lbnQuCj4gSSByZWZ1ZWxsZWQgYXQgdGhlIGxhc3QgZnVlbCBzdG9wIGFuZCBmaW 
> xsZWQg
> dGhlIHRhbmsgLSB3aXRoaW4gYSBtaWxlCj4gZnVlbCBpcyBwb3VyaW5nIG91dCBvZiB0aG 
> lzIHBp
> cGUgYWxsIG92ZXIgdGhlIGhvdCBlbmdpbmUgLSBzY2FyeSEKPiBJIGRpZCB0aGUgZm9sbG 
> 93aW5n
> IGFzIGEgdGVtcG9yYXJ5IG1lbmQgYXMgaXQgaXMgY2xlYXJseSBub3QgdGhlIGZ1ZWwKPi 
> BmZWVk
> IHBpcGUgYXMgdGhhdCBydW5zIHRoZSBvdGhlciBzaWRlIG9mIHRoZSB2ZWhpY2xlIC0gSS 
> BjYXBw
> ZWQgb2ZmCj4gdGhlIHBpcGUgYW5kIGhhdmUgamFtbWVkIGl0IGFzIGJlc3QgYXMgSSBjYW 
> 4gc28g
> dGhhdCBpdCB3b250IGZseQo+IGFyb3VuZCB1bmRlciB0aGUgdmFuLgo 
> +IFF1ZXN0aW9ucwo+IFdo
> YXQgaXMgdGhpcyBwaXBlIC0gSSBzdXNwZWN0IGl0IG1pZ2h0IGJlIGFuIGFpciBsaW5rIG 
> ZvciB0
> aGUgZnVlbAo 
> +IHRhbmsgYW5kIGlmIHNvIEkgZ3Vlc3MgSSBjYW4ndCBzZWFsIGl0IG9mZgo+IElm
> IGl0IGlzbnQsIHdoYXQgd291bGQgYmUgdGhlIGJlc3QgdGhpbmcgdG8gZG8/ 
> Cj4gSSBhbSBtaWxl
> cyBmcm9tIGEgZ2FyYWdlLCBmdWxsIGNhbXBpbmcgZ2VhciBhbmQgZmFtaWx5IG9uIGJvYX 
> JkIC0g
> YnV0Cj4gaGF2ZSBlbWFpbCBhY2Nlc3MgZm9yIGEgZmV3IGhvdXJzLgo 
> +IEFkdmljZSBhcHByZWNp
> YXRlZAo 
> +IFBhdWwKPiBQZXJ0b2wgYWlyY29vbGVkIHZhbmFnb24gODIgd2VzdHkKPgoKCgotLSAK
> Q2hyaXMgUy4KIkplc3pjemUgUG9sc2thIE5pZSBaZ2lu6rNhIgo=
>
> ------------------------------
> Back to: Top of
> message<http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe? 
> A2=ind0808B&L=vanagon&P=R25624#TOP>|
> Previous
> page <http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe? 
> A1=ind0808B&L=vanagon&D=0> | Main
> VANAGON page <http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=vanagon>
>
> -- 
> Chris S.
> "Jeszcze Polska Nie Zginęła"