Re: script to convert those =?? to HTML tags [was Re: LYNX-DEV ftp files]

[Robert Bonomi]

Henry,
  it's so-called "quoted printable" encoding.  AFAIK, it's a MICROSOFTism.
the form is "=<numeric_value>" of the character in the MS-DOS character-set
being used.

  for 'quick and dirty', you can map _any_ such to " ".  this provides a
  "rough approximation" of what was really intended.

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+ From: Nelson Henry Eric <address@hidden>
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+ Subject: script to convert those =?? to HTML tags [was Re: LYNX-DEV ftp files]
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+ > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+ 
+ Recently I've been getting a lot of mail with this kind of encoding.  It
+ invariably seems to have various "=??" throughout.  I made a script to
+ strip of the trailing "=" and "=20", and to substitute, e.g., "=A3" to
+ "&163;" and "=E9" to "&eacute;", but I really hate spending time
+ reinventing the wheel.  Is there a script or program out there to
+ convert that "=WHATEVER" format to HTML?
+ 
+ __Henry
+