Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:50:18 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: Shimon@i-Connect.Net Subject: "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8" Message-ID: <199708171450.QAA07750@desk.jhs.no_domain>
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Each time I read a freebsd list mail item from
Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
(on current & stable lists)
using my EXMH 1.6.9 his mail displays in a truly horrible font,
partially thickened (like numbers on a bank cheque, hell to read)
I asked him about it, but he didn't know what I meant, so I tracked it
down, it's the
"; charset=iso-8859-8"
component of his
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8
I don't see it from anyone else.
I'd like to know:
- Do other people see this truly horrible font ?
- is his header OK / not OK ?,
- or is it my mail reader (EXMH 1.6.9) throwing a fit ? (& why ?)
it occurs to me it might be an exmh font scaling problem, as I recall
I use a larger than standard font.
(I append my .exmh-defaults at end of mail)
- or some thing else I'v not considered ?
Here's an example of some private mail he sent me, that triggers the problem
when received as a header:
-------
>From POPmail Sun Aug 17 12:00:17 1997
Return-Path: shimon@sendero-ppp.i-connect.net
Received: from sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (sendero-ppp.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.100])
by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA02930
for <jhs@FreeBSD.ORG>; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:29:48 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (qmail 2295 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Aug 1997 04:29:51 -0000
Message-ID: <XFMail.970816212951.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2-alpha [p0] on FreeBSD
Sender: shimon@nomis.i-Connect.Net
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <199708151341.PAA00832@wall.jhs.no_domain>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:29:51 -0700 (PDT)
Organization: Atlas Telecom
From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Floating Point Exception in make release
X-UIDL: 5f67c7e8b47ca69d77dbaa5ab53eb800
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He's not using a MIME encapsulation in the body of mail.
My system:
xlsfonts|grep iso8859-8
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-8
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-8
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-8
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-8
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-8
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-8
foreach i (`xlsfonts|grep iso8859-8`)
echo "$i"
xfd -fn $i
end
... all looked normal.
Here are 3 others it blew up on:
Message-ID: <XFMail.970812111620.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 11:16:20 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <XFMail.970809024352.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 02:43:52 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <XFMail.970809200012.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 20:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
! .exmh-defaults for jhs@freebsd.org
!
! Next 3 reccomended by John Robert LoVerso <john@loverso.southborough.ma.us>
*iconUpLabel: $flist(newMsgs) Unseen-[info hostname]
*iconDownLabel: exmh-[info hostname]
*iconSpoolLabel: $exmh(numUnInced) Spooled-[info hostname]
!
exmh.geometry: 515x772+0+0
! exmh.geometry: 504x738+-2+-1
!
*userLibrary: ~/.tk/exmh
*logEnabled: 0
*logLines: 1000
*flistDebug: 0
*scanProc: scan
*sendType: async
*xtermCmd: xterm -g 80x5 -fn 9x15
*delPrefix: #
*purgeAge: 14
*replPrefix: >
*seditFormatMail: 1
*seditAttemptMhn: 0
*seditKeepOnSend: 0
*seditQuotedPrintable: automatic
*seditLineLength: 79
*seditAutoSign: 0
*seditSigDashes: 1
*seditSignatureFile:
*seditColorize: 1
*seditISO: 1
*seditCharset: iso-8859-1
*seditSpell: spell
*seditSpellCustom: exmh-async xterm -fn 9x15 -e ispell
*editCmd: exmh-async xterm -geometry 80x41 -fn 9x15 -e /usr/bin/vi
*edit2Cmd: exmh-async emacs
*seditOverride: 0
*seditAfterAsync: 0
*spellCmd: exmh-async xterm -fn 9x15 -e ispell
*mhnCmd: mhn
*printCmd: lpr $file
*psPrintCmd: lpr -Pps $ile
*unixCmd: cat $file > /dev/null
*ftextLines: 6
*impliedDirection: 0
*nextGuard: 0
*autoCommit: 1
*commitDialog: 1
*autoPack: 1
*autoSort: 1
*autoSortType: date
*autoSortCrit: -textfield keywords
*ftocShowNew: 1
*advanceOnLink: 1
*skipMarked: 1
*cycleBack: 1
*scanWidth: 100
*scanSize: 100
*mimeEnabled: 1
*mimeShowType: 0
*mimeShowPrelude: 0
*mimeFullHeaders: 0
*mimeMaxSubpartsDisplayed: 5
*ftpMethod: expect
*ftpCommand: ftp
*showRichCmnds: 0
*showSeparator: 1
*showImage: 1
*mimeFontSize: 140
*mimeTitleSize: 160
*mimeNoteSize: 100
*uriScanForXURIs: 1
*uriScanForURIs: 1
*uriScanLimit: 1000
*uriScanSoftLimit: 1000
*uriViewer: other
*mimeShowHtml: 0
*uriMosaicApp: chimera $xuri
*uriNetscapeFlags: -install
*uriViewerApp: chimera $xuri
*uriLogOnEnter: 1
*incStyle: presort
*incOnStartup: 0
*incOnMapping: 0
*incSortFeedback: 1
*xnsGetMail: 0
*scrollbarSide: left
*scrollSpeed: 1
*scrollAccel: 4
*textConstrainScroll: 0
*textConstrainFtoc: 1
*textContextLines: 2
*textSmoothScroll: 1
*textSelectDelay: 50
*placeToplevel: 1
*fcacheLines: 1
*fcacheSticky: inbox
*fcacheStickyOff: 0
*fcacheNickNames: 1
*fdispLines: 4
*fl_toplevel: 1
*fdispPopdownStyle: polygon
*fdispPopdownAction: navbutton
*fdispPopdownRemove: leave
*xfaceProg:
*facesEnabled: 0
*facesRow: 0
*facesDefer: 1
*facesPalette:
*pgpKeepPass: 1
*pgpRfc822: 0
*pgpChooseKey: 1
*pgpCacheIds: persistent
*pgpMinMatch: 75
*pgpShowInline: none
*pgpAutoExtract: 1
*pgpKeyServer: pgp-public-keys@jpunix.com
*bgAsync: 1
*sendHack: 1
*bgAction: off
*bgPeriod: 5
*bgSpool: /var/mail/jhs
*fileselectBigDirHas: 32
*fileselectDotsByDefault: 0
*fileselectHome: ~/mail
*busyStyle: cursor
*busyCursor: watch
*busyBitmap: @hourglass2.bitmap
!!! Saved Window Positions
!!! Sun Aug 17 15:51:42 CEST 1997
!!! Do not edit below here
I'm puzzled, suggestions welcome, Thanks !
Julian
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Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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