On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 10:40:20 -0800, Doug Ewell <dewell@...>
wrote a very interesting explanation and commentary. In particular, I
liked using SC Unipad to "unwind" the expansion.

Also of interest:

> The e-mail software in question is reading UTF-8 code sequences as if
> they were 1252 characters, then writing each of those "characters" back
> in UTF-8.

So *that* is what was happening.

That code space, from ~129 to 159 decimal, was originally to be used for
more control characters; there's a relatively- obscure ISO standard for
them.

Many thanks!

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