>>>>> On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 10:49:15 +0100
>>>>> "KG" == Kai Großjohann <kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de> wrote:
KG> 
KG> Alexander Kotelnikov <sacha@myxomop.com> writes:
>> Some times I get into trouble reading mail on console/via ssh with
>> gnus when I get CJK spam, mostly it is Korean, even I do not want to
>> hurt anyone.
KG> 
KG> Does it help to use C-x RET t to tell Emacs about the encoding that
KG> your terminal uses?  Maybe that helps Emacs to protect itself.

It does not (I've selected cyrillic-koi8).

The problem can be easily reproduced the following way:

1. run emacs -nw -f gnus in xterm with ru_RU.KOI8-R locale with the
   folowing bbdb configuration:
;; bbdb
(require 'bbdb)
(bbdb-initialize 'gnus 'message)

2. Add the attached file as a foreign mailbox froup (G f)