On Mon, 19 May 1997, Daniel LaLiberte wrote:
> If you reply to this message at HyperNews@union.ncsa.uiuc.edu, include:
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> Escape codes would be better, since HyperNews doesn't work on NT yet.
> Or you could look into putting all user data in a database instead.
> Almost all user data access is done via a few routines, so they could
> be changed without too much trouble.
Hmmmm. Escape codes we've mooted. Because of the bit-space that's used
by Chinese, that's a brainless way to handle it (create a not-likely-to-be-
seen-in-real-life escape sequence and then strip the high bits off the
Chinese characters).
> > b) Authentication control. ibid, major hacking on our
> > Apache server.
>
> Changing the server could be the harder problem.
>
> > Are there any other problems that would need to be addressed?
>
> How about similar treatment of email addresses, full name, etc?
> The email address is also used as a file name to facilitate lookup.
e-mail addresses are 7 bits. Until RFC-822 is superseeded, that won't
change. I've seen people try to run 8-bit addresses through e-mail.
It's VERY ugly.
Thanks very much for your help. If you wind up in Taipei, please drop me
a line and I'll buy you dinner.
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Re: User data generalizations 
8-bit HyperNews userids?
(Jeremy Anderson)
