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From: Jeffrey Altman <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: disable the PU2 String
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[e-mail] wrote:
> When reading my email via elm text reader on a Unix shell, using K95, I
> have received some email that has junk in the subject line, possibly
> maliciously inserted, that messes up my display.  I can still operate, but
> when that "text" appears on screen, I no longer have good screen display.
>
> I noticed that "PU2 String" appears on the K95 status line.
> What can I do to block that?  I assume that it is trying to display a
> character set that I don't have, and since I presume it's spam, I would
> rather display harmless junk so I can delete the message and move on.

Select one of the Code Page character sets that doesn't support 8-bit
controls.

Jeffrey Altman