Newsreader.. "from" line

[Menno Hershberger]

This has been going on forever and really isn't a problem. Ever since I've
started coming to msnews.microsoft.com, a lot of the "author" names show up
as "=?Utf-8?B?VmFzdSBLcmlzaG5hbXVydGh5?=" or some variation of that. They
all start with "=?Utf-8?B?" and vary from there.
I use XNews. Is this an Xnews glitch or does everyone get those?
Example at http://www.mewnlite.com/newsgroup.jpg

 

[Menno Hershberger]

This has been going on forever and really isn't a problem. Ever since I've
started coming to msnews.microsoft.com, a lot of the "author" names show up
as "=?Utf-8?B?VmFzdSBLcmlzaG5hbXVydGh5?=" or some variation of that. They
all start with "=?Utf-8?B?" and vary from there.
I use XNews. Is this an Xnews glitch or does everyone get those?
Example at http://www.mewnlite.com/newsgroup.jpg

Not the newsreader. They look the same in WinVn. remember WinVn?

 

[Ricardo Dias Marques]

[posted and e-mailed]

Hi Menno,

This has been going on forever and really isn't a problem. Ever since
I've started coming to msnews.microsoft.com, a lot of the "author"
names show up as "=?Utf-8?B?VmFzdSBLcmlzaG5hbXVydGh5?=" or some
variation of that. They all start with "=?Utf-8?B?" and vary from
there.
I use XNews. Is this an Xnews glitch or does everyone get those?
Example at http://www.mewnlite.com/newsgroup.jpg

I did some Google (Web) and Google Groups (Newsgroups) searches,
namely for the search queries:
xnews unicode
and
xnews "utf-8"


It seems that XNews doesn't support Unicode/UTF-8

For instance:
<http://groups.google.pt/[email protected]&rnum=10>


However, there may be a solution: one of thread mentions an utility
called "MIME Proxy" that you use *with* XNews to show Unicode
characters:

How to make xnews display unicoded chars?
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...=Xns936A59EA7926piziwolfsinacom%40130.133.1.4>


The "MIME Proxy" utility can be found at:
<http://www.lamaiziere.net/mp_pagen.html>


I don't use XNews or MIME Proxy, so I can't give you any personal
input about it.

Good luck!

Ricardo Dias Marques
(To send me e-mail: remove ".invalid" from my e-mail address and
replace the underscore by a period in "spamcop_net")

 

[Menno Hershberger]

Thanks for the pointers. Their links are all in italian or french
though...
So far I've tried XNews and WinVn... I'll see what Outlook Express
does....

[posted and e-mailed]

Hi Menno,

This has been going on forever and really isn't a problem. Ever since
I've started coming to msnews.microsoft.com, a lot of the "author"
names show up as "=?Utf-8?B?VmFzdSBLcmlzaG5hbXVydGh5?=" or some
variation of that. They all start with "=?Utf-8?B?" and vary from
there.
I use XNews. Is this an Xnews glitch or does everyone get those?
Example at http://www.mewnlite.com/newsgroup.jpg

I did some Google (Web) and Google Groups (Newsgroups) searches,
namely for the search queries:
xnews unicode
and
xnews "utf-8"


It seems that XNews doesn't support Unicode/UTF-8

For instance:
<http://groups.google.pt/groups?q=unicode+"utf-8"+xnews&hl=pt-PT&lr=
&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=Xns9467EF9C4B3EBYazorman%40127.0.0.1&rnum=10>


However, there may be a solution: one of thread mentions an utility
called "MIME Proxy" that you use *with* XNews to show Unicode
characters:

How to make xnews display unicoded chars?
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=pt-PT&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&threadm=
Xns936A59EA7926piziwolfsinacom%40130.133.1.4&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3D
pt-PT%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26c2coff%3D1%26selm%3DXns936A59EA7926piziwolf
sinacom%2540130.133.1.4>


The "MIME Proxy" utility can be found at:
<http://www.lamaiziere.net/mp_pagen.html>


I don't use XNews or MIME Proxy, so I can't give you any personal
input about it.

Good luck!

Ricardo Dias Marques
(To send me e-mail: remove ".invalid" from my e-mail address and
replace the underscore by a period in "spamcop_net")

 

[Ricardo Dias Marques]

[posted and e-mailed]

Hi again Menno!

Thanks for the pointers. Their links are all in italian or french
though...

You're welcome

It's true that most links are in Italian and in French.

But the "MIME Proxy" page that I mentioned *is in English*. It may be
worth a look:

http://www.lamaiziere.net/mp_pagen.html

So far I've tried XNews and WinVn... I'll see what Outlook Express
does....

Yes, Outlook Express should deal with Unicode/UTF-8 with no problem.

I use Forte Agent - http://www.forteinc.com/ - which also deals well
with Unicode/UTF-8. I have used several versions of Agent in several
years and I'm pretty happy with it. But it's not perfect: it still
doesn't support multiple news servers (although it *will* when version
2.1 is released). For now, I have several Agent configurations for
different servers (pointing to different folders):
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/faq.php#BB639CE8986FEDFC88256C1E005A25BE


Mozilla Thunderbird is also a popular e-mail and news reader:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/


Anyway, if you happen to be looking for newsreaders, there are some
lists in the Web. For instance, there is:
http://www.aspipes.org/faq/downloads.html


Good luck ... and have fun trying some newsreaders!

Ricardo Dias Marques
(To send me e-mail: remove ".invalid" from my e-mail address and
replace the underscore by a period in "spamcop_net")