In article <4e859df9f2smartgroups@xxxxxxxxx>, Tim Hill <smartgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In article <4e859b296blists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx>, Paul Vigay > <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 14 Nov, Russell Hafter - Lists <rh_lists@xxxxxxxx> > > wrote: [Snip] > > > But it seems totally the wrong way round to me. > > Me too. I'm starting to get quite confused by all of > > this..... > So am I. Just checked two other hosts and neither sends > charset information by default. I would imagine this > setting is intended for somebody serving their own tiny > site, all with the same charset pages. > What's the point otherwise? Quite. I am glad, though, that I am not the only one who thinks this way! If the list of entities at <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/entities.html> was more complete in terms of Eastern European characters, we would not have this problem at all. For some reason only š and its upper case equivalent exist. No č or ř or ž or ě or ň let alone ś or %cacute; or any of the unusual (to us) Polish characters! Why just š? -- Russell Hafter Mailing Lists rh.lists@xxxxxxxxxxx or rh_lists@xxxxxxxx (Literally) on the edge of the Lake District National Park