Hey Fusion!
On Fri, Jan 30 2026 13:18:00 -0600, you wrote:
i used to think they were spam but i think DM said he posts them.
They are autoposted from tldr.com or something, I think.
i suspect the "garbage" is just utf-8 characters that aren't handled properly.. would be nice if those were stripped out instead
It is definitely handled properly. Not only by Synchronet, but most NNTP clients, also. I'm guessing since you can't actually post a UTF-8 message with Mystic, that mystic doesn't support displaying UTF-8 properly, either.
While UTF-8 support was started in Mystic, I'm not sure it ever made it to the message bases (they still force CP437, I believe)..
Regards,
Nick
... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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