Re: Never ending problem....
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 28217
interpreted = N
texte = >Problem: > >Norwegian characters in the mails sent by [sendmail]. I have tried >all solutions I have found in the searchable talk archive. None of >them gives the result I need. The best solution so far, was the one >from Christer Olsson, where he makes a mail_conversions.db and uses >that one for character translation. The problem I have found with >that one is that it only works with Macintosh mail clients, and not >PC's. Maybe I did something wrong - I don't know. > >Has anyone a FINAL solution for this problem? One solution that >covers all platforms?Yes. The solution mentioned above. You must:1. Make sure you know which character set your visitor is using. Do this by [SETMIMEHEADER]. I prefer to force the visitor to use ISO-8859-1 (Western Roman), since this is the character set used by most Win users.2. Convert the input from your visitor to MIME by using a ISO-to-MIME conversions db.This is exactly the way we handle mail in swedish, danish, norwegian and german.(BTW - I just came in to office from a trip to Oslo :-) ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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>Problem: > >Norwegian characters in the mails sent by [sendmail]. I have tried >all solutions I have found in the searchable talk archive. None of >them gives the result I need. The best solution so far, was the one >from Christer Olsson, where he makes a mail_conversions.db and uses >that one for character translation. The problem I have found with >that one is that it only works with Macintosh mail clients, and not >PC's. Maybe I did something wrong - I don't know. > >Has anyone a FINAL solution for this problem? One solution that >covers all platforms?Yes. The solution mentioned above. You must:1. Make sure you know which character set your visitor is using. Do this by [setmimeheader]. I prefer to force the visitor to use ISO-8859-1 (Western Roman), since this is the character set used by most Win users.2. Convert the input from your visitor to MIME by using a ISO-to-MIME conversions db.This is exactly the way we handle mail in swedish, danish, norwegian and german.(BTW - I just came in to office from a trip to Oslo :-) ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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