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Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri?
Date 2019-01-20 17:52 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <gajqrnFsf49U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2019-01-20, David B. <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> On 20/01/2019 03:33, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2019-01-19, David B. <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>> On 19/01/2019 20:12, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2019-01-19, David B. <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>>> On 19/01/2019 19:35, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>> On 2019-01-19, David B. <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had THOUGHT that I'd set things correctly. Your linked helped a great
>>>>>>> deal, but I STILL see the incorrect spelling in André's header.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I even ventured into the area where "There be dragons" and changed a
>>>>>>> couple of things but still to no avail.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Might it be best to uninstall Thunderbird and then install a new version
>>>>>>> and start from scratch?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I doubt that would change your settings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I haven't used Thunderbird in ages, but I suspect you need to change
>>>>>> Preferences > Display > Formatting > Advanced > Incoming Mail to
>>>>>> Unicode. You may also need to change the default encoding in Accounts >
>>>>>> View settings for this account > Server Settings > Default Text
>>>>>> Encoding. There's also the View > Text Encoding menu to consider. And
>>>>>> maybe there are other places I haven't thought of.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just installed Thunderbird and all appears fine with the default
>>>>>> settings:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://i.imgur.com/zxoJpWi.png>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While viewing André's posts, the View > Text Encoding menu shows
>>>>>> Unicode.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for going to so much trouble to check. I appreciate that.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you now click on the 'MORE' tab and read the header does the name
>>>>> show as 'André'?
>>>>
>>>> No. It shows incorrectly there. Probably a bug in Thunderbird. It does
>>>> show correctly in the main view though.
>>>
>>> <cough> May I respectfully refer you to my original question?
>>>
>>> Message-ID: <Z%A0E.41463$7S2.41268@fx08.fr7>
>>>
>>> http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=154792896000
>> 
>> And now you know.
>
> I do!  And so do you! ;-)
>
> Seriously, I really do appreciate you taking the time and trouble to 
> 'investigate' - it's no big deal, just something I noticed.
>
>> Your options are:
>> 
>> 1. Get a better news client, or
>> 2. Deal with it.
>
> I've used SeaMonkey - but I found it much the same as Thunderbird.
>
> Which OTHER newsreader do you recommend for use on my iMac?

I don't recommend one. I personally use a command-line client called
slrn; but then I'm very comfortable with command-line environments.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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  Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-18 10:11 -0800
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                Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-19 12:25 -0800
                Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri? "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-19 20:46 +0000
                Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-19 12:57 -0800
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            Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri? "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-19 19:14 +0000
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                Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri? "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-19 20:10 +0000
                Re: Does Anyone Actually Use Siri? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-20 03:31 +0000
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