Posted by THO on 02/17/07 23:26

In article
<doraymeRidThis-AA2B53.09072018022007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>,
dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> In article
> <morenuf-B3E6A0.13064117022007@news-server.woh.rr.com>,
> morenuf <morenuf@nobodyhome.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <tho-7EC398.10120217022007@news.giganews.com>,
> > THO <tho@tho.tho.23.invalid> wrote:
> >
>
> > > I wish these font display bugs in MT would be fixed ... the default
> > > settings in MT should allow all text usenet postings to be easily read.
> > >
> ...
> > I recall that most/all of these display errors were those in which a
> > foreign font (non english usually) had been used.
> >
> > If you go to the Menubar and use Edit/Decode as/ then choose Western
> > (Latin 1) it should display correctly, at least for us American English
> > users.
>
> Or simpler, try control mouse press (or right click if you have
> gone fancy mouse) and choose from the context menu...

This is an honest question ... I have never encountered this type of
problem in any newsreader but MT so why can't MT do what other
newsreaders are doing and just display the message as simple plain text?

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