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[Bob Melvin <hasnah8@yahoo.com>]

Hi, Stephen,

     With regard to special characters, I have yet to see a degree sign
come through the NAFEX list without turning into a question mark, but
here's my try anyway.  Please let me know how it turns out:

     98°F

--"Bob Melvin" <hasnah8@yahoo.com>, <rfmelvin@ncsu.edu>
Ph. 919-215-2814

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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:35:47 -0800
> From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Special Characters
> To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> 
> The special characters have been coming through intact to my
> computer.  I
> have the impression that if your programs/OS can generate them, some
> computers will read them, others won?t, depending on what they have
> on
> board.  I have sent out emails with special characters, but when
> someone
> opens the mail on their computer and replies, the character will have
> been
> replaced with a square or question mark.  Years ago I asked about
> that once
> or twice, and found that the characters never displayed on their
> machine.  
> 
>  
> 
> ~ Stephen 
> 



 
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