Path: utzoo!mnetor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!b-tech!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: New USENET header: Language Message-ID: Date: 24 Dec 90 03:29:33 GMT References: <1990Dec22.081718.2109@looking.on.ca> Organization: Branch Technology Lines: 12 Putting the character set in the header limits us to only one language per article. I'd much prefer to see some escape mechanism in the body. This would allow things like an english posting with a proper xxx language name in the signature. Putting the language (vs the char set) in the header is fine with me. NNTP, C News (except for some utilities on some systems) and trn all seem to support 8 bit character sets. -- Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ) zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us