[rescue] [off-off-topic] mailing list converts apostrophes to lower-case b's...

[Mouse]

> Now this is really interesting.  Even in Plain Text it is doing the
> convert-to-b strangeness.  Does the mail software strip the 8th bit
> on ASCII text?

There is no 8th bit on ASCII text; ASCII is a 7-bit code.

I do believe the list strips the high bit from email content, yes.

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