Hmm, lot of buzz I'm causing I think :))) If that's problematic I can use the LaTeX notation =) Fran\c{c}ois. En réponse à Marcus Overhagen <dos4gw@xxxxxx>: > Michael Noisternig <michael.noisternig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I would like to repeat: > > >>The mail was properly typed as > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > >>thus allowing for 8bit characters, like 0x1A. > >>If you mail client fails on them, it's not my fault. > > >But the first 128 ASCII characters are standardized, and 0x1A is no ^c > but a control character as all chars > >below 0x20. > Right. But I think it is allowed, since it is in ISO-8859-1. > Probably it was some character else before my mailreader mangled it, > but > your mailreader shouldn't have this problems anyway, > > Regards > Marcus > > PS: this is the real character: ç > > > >