In article , Rob
wrote:

95 R. L. Measures. wrote:
In article , Rob
wrote:

95 R. L. Measures. wrote:
In article , Rob
wrote:

95 R. L. Measures. wrote:
In article , Rob

wrote:

95 R. L. Measures. wrote:

The character 95 you seem to be fond of is not part of the character
set you use for your news postings.

** I did not send 95. I use a UNIX-based operating system. If you
were using a UNIX based OS you would see what I actually write Rob.
cheers

I am using Linux. But I guess that does not count as a UNIX based OS.

** I don't know Rob. I am using Apple's 10.4 OS.

It doesn't matter anyway.
The OS has nothing to do with this.
Your news program is broken, or does not expect the use you make of it.

** this Newsreader app is designed for Apple's OS10.4.

The problems is not in the interface between your program and the
operating system, but in the interface between the program and usenet.

The program does not operate according to the conventions of usenet.

When it is not using the US-ASCII character set (00-7F), it should tell
the reader what character set it uses. This program doesn't, or you
have not configured it to do so.

As your news program does not tell what character set you use, you should
limit your characters to the 00-7F range.

Check what is in your fullname config setting.

** I am not using an OS with such a setting in the system prefs.

Probably it is in your news program.

** I don't see fullname anything in Newswatcher 2.2 3b2 Peferences.

The setting is either in the program or in the operating system.
The software does not invent the setting "95 R. L. Measures." by itself,
not even on an Apple. This information has been entered by you sometime.

** I did not enter 95, I entered shift-option-k.

** About a third of the denizens in the Newsgroups I frequent have no
trouble seeing the bullet character (option 8) and the bitten apple
character (shift-option k).

Probably your friends all use the same software as you do.

** they do not.

It is not surprising that the same error it has when posting an article
is also present when reading it back.

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Richard L. Measures. AG6K, 805-386-3734, www.somis.org