Re: Using tin to access fido(7) nntp geteways

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 04:16:29PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> > In  fido7 encoding is not specified in any fields,
> > but  KOI8-R  is  always  assumed.   I   have   set
> > MM_NETWORK_CHARSET  and undeclared_charset to this
> > value, and it seems to work except that  sometimes
> > tin  doesn't  display Russian subjects correcly in
> > newsgroup- and thread-level, while in message-lev-
> > el the thread's title is always correct...
> >
> > My other settings are:
> >
> > MIME encoding in news messages:      8bit
> >
> > Use 8bit characters in news headers: ON
> 
> I have found how to reproduce it.
> 
>   1.  Take  any  newly  yanked-in  and never visited
>       group from fido7.*.
> 
>   2.  Press ENTER.  All the Subjects  are  displayed
>       correctly.
> 
>   3.  Press  'q' and then ENTER again.  All the Sub-
>       jects are garbled.

do you use overview caching or the like?

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