On 26/04/2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > T24gRnJpLCBBcHIgMjUsIDIwMDggYXQgMTo1OCBQTSwgR2lsbGVzIE1vY2VsbGluIDxnaWxsZXMu > >> > bW9jZWxsaW5AZnJlZS5mcj4Kd3JvdGU6Cgo+IExlIEZyaWRheSAyNSBBcHJpbCAyMDA4IDE1OjUw > >> > > I do not think the problem is with UTF-8. If it were, you'd see two (or > more) strange characters instead of accented letters or letters of other > writing systems. It does not look like that. > > I think the problem is that the message is coded in base64, even if it > is (mostly) plaintext. >
You are correct. The text quoted translated to this: """ On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Gilles Mocellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Friday 25 April 2008 15:50 """ Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?