Re: (rshsdepot) Off-topic - Strange but True in New Jersey

["Bob Harbison" <BobHarbison_@_msn.com>]

> your "installed" version of Outlook does not
> recognize Jim's message body text character style.

NO, Jim's version of Outlook is incorrectly labeling
the body text character style. There is no Japanese
text in the body, even though the header indicates
that there is. The solution is not for everyone who
gets his message to install Japanese characters, it
is for Outlook to correctly classify his character set.

In typical Microsoft fashion, correcting this problem
is much harder than it has any reason to be.

Bob Harbison - Bob_@_RailroadInfo.com

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- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Marsh" <artmarsh_@_yahoo.com>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>; "Steven Delibert" <stevdel@prodigy.net>;
"James Dent / NYKGN" <james.dent_@_itochu.com>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Off-topic - Strange but True in New Jersey


> Sorry folks,
>
> I was not keeping track of where this thread started so please excuse
> me for jumping in the middle. What you have is a very common occurance
> with Microsoft Outlook(s) up to and including Outlook 2000 and ALL
> versions of Outlook Express. Outlook 2002 (Commonly shipped with MS
> Office XP) is the FIRST Outlook to have solved the problem but I will
> not get into that here in this post.
>
> Basically Rich (?), your "installed" version of Outlook does not
> recognize Jim's message body text character style. There are more
> reasons for that than I can get into and still be brief. Please contact
> me directly if you need assistance in solving this problem. Here is a
> little snip from Microsoft's Technet problem assistance tool.
>
> "When the Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Connector (IMC) receives a
> message that contains a character set that is not installed, the
> content of the message body is placed into an attachment containing the
> message. The file will contain an attachment display name of "Charset =
> XXX" (for example, Charset = iso-2022-JP).
>
> This behavior does not give the recipient a clear indication of the
> reason for the location of the message contents, or instructions to
> access the attachment. The message is placed into the attachment (for
> example, ATT00000.txt).
>
> The contents of the attachment can be accessed by using a viewer that
> can display the original character set."
>
> And your email might have included an error message something like this
> "This message was sent using a character set not supported on the
> Internet Mail Connector. The message text has been placed into an
> attachment.."
>
> If I knew a little more about the exact wording of your message copy I
> could do more.
>
> Later,
>
> --- Bob Harbison <BobHarbison_@_msn.com> wrote:
> > >> I think it's your "itochu.com" address that makes
> > >> the thing think it's reading something in Japanese.
> >
> > Nope, it's right here in his header file:
> > > charset="iso-2022-jp"
> >
> > Now I have no idea why he's got his character
> > set listed as Japanese, but he does, so that's
> > what Lookout err I mean Outlook expects.
> >
> > Normally if you go to file properties and details,
> > you'll find the following:
> > Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > Here's how to fix this problem, if you're using Outlook:
> >
> > To set the default encoding for sending messages
> >
> > On the Tools menu, click Options.
> > On the Send tab, click International Settings, and then select the
> > default
> > encoding you want to use.
> >
> >
> > Bob Harbison - Bob_@_RailroadInfo.com
> >
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steven Delibert" <stevdel_@_prodigy.net>
> > To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Off-topic - Strange but True in New Jersey
> >
> >
> > > Jim, I think the reason for this is one of those mindless
> > programming
> > > stunts, where in some versions of Outlook the translator will pop
> > up
> > > whenever it thinks it sees a word in a foreign language -- > -----
> > Original Message -----
> > > From: Rich Chapin <rwc27q_@_nac.net>
> > > To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:42 AM
> > > Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Off-topic - Strange but True in New Jersey
> > >
> > >
> > > > JIM,
> > > >
> > > > FYI, A JAPANESE TRANSLATOR POPS UP WITH YOUR MESSAGE.
> > > >
> > > > REGARDS,
> > > > RICH CHAPIN
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: James Dent / NYKGN <james.dent_@_itochu.com>
> > > > To: RSHS List (E-mail) <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 9:56 AM
> > > > Subject: (rshsdepot) Off-topic - Strange but True in New Jersey
>
>
> =====
> Art Marsh
> Fremont, CA
>
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