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23.2.91; Rmail shows incorrect message encoding in the mode line

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 7626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Reiner.Steib <at> gmx.de
Subject: bug#7626: mm-charset-override-alist
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:32:37 -0500

>> > rmail-reply uses the encoding of the message replied to for setting
>> > the encoding of the reply.
>> Sounds like a problem in rmail-reply, then.
> If you have a better alternative for guessing the suitable encoding of
> the reply, please suggest it.  For me, it works in 99% of cases.

Using message.el ;-)

>> E.g. what happens if the reply includes chars that aren't covered by
>> that coding-system?
> As usual in Emacs: when you hit "C-c C-s" or "C-c C-c", Emacs asks for
> a suitable encoding, showing the unencodable characters in a pop-up
> buffer.  The message is sent using the encoding you selected once you
> select it (and Emacs verified that it can encode every character).

I guess that's workable.


        Stefan

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