Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 15/01/2005 06:23, Karl Randolph wrote:

> ...
>
> Today I'm borrowing a Linux computer from Gentoo distribution and the browser 
> is Firefox, the first example below came out as ??? and the second doesn't 
> make sense, though it is at least Hebrew.
>  

Karl, there is clearly something wrong with the Linux computer if it 
cannot display the first word of the Hebrew Bible correctly, as below. 
This word was not corrupted by any mail server, nor by the Linux system, 
because it appeared correctly in your reply to me.

> It is my understanding that some mail programs on the servers strip out 
> unicode references leaving gibberish. In those cases, it doesn't matter what 
> software runs the client's computer, the Hebrew information is stripped out 
> before his computer sees it. ...

I would be extremely surprised if any public mail servers, at least 
those supporting the standard POP3, SMTP and IMAP protocols, continue to 
strip out character set references. Such mail servers would quickly lose 
a considerable amount of traffic. Some private in-house mail servers, 
especially those using private protocols, may do so. And some webmail 
systems also do not support Unicode. But if you are using a 
standards-compliant mail client like Thunderbird/Mozilla or Outlook 
(Express) but cannot receive Unicode, there is a fault in your mail 
server sufficiently serious that you should complain.
...

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
>
>  
>
> > ...
> >
> > Here is some Hebrew to test that:
> >
> > בְּרֵאשִׁית
> >
> >    

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.12 - Release Date: 14/01/2005