Re: Cannot display Chinese characters

[Steven Woody <anti-spam.narkewoody@gmail.com.dont-post-to>]

Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu> writes:

> Hi, all,
>
> Following is my test mail.  Does anybody know how to configure gnus to
> properly display Chinese characters in this mail.
>
> ------ Test Mail Starts ------
> X-From-Line: king  Fri Jul 15 15:51:28 2005
> Received: from pop.gmail.com
>         by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.5)
>         for king@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:51:28 +0800 (CST)
> X-Gmail-Received: 81cf87b299568390aa705bab0064ff5d942e0c02
> Delivered-To: ACCOUNT@gmail.com
> Received: by 10.54.44.19 with SMTP id r19cs20596wrr;
>         Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:36:35 -0700 (PDT)
> Received: by 10.54.106.13 with SMTP id e13mr1032788wrc;
>         Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:36:35 -0700 (PDT)
> Return-Path: <ACCOUNT@163.com>
> Received: from 163.com ([220.181.13.31])
>         by mx.gmail.com with SMTP id 38si2711610wrl.2005.07.15.00.36.32;
>         Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:36:35 -0700 (PDT)
> Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 220.181.13.31 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of ACCOUNT@163.com)
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> X-Gnus-Mail-Source: directory:/home/king/.Spool/
> Message-ID: <42D76787.00000F.01113@m219.163.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:36:39 +0800 (CST)
> From: "=?gb2312?B?VG9vdGlueQ==?=" <tootiny@163.com>
> To: jinxiaoyong@gmail.com
> Subject: =?gb2312?B?1tDOxLLiytQ=?=
> X-Priority: 3
> X-Originating-IP: [192.168.208.155]
> X-Mailer: <!-- CoreMail Version 2.5 Copyright (c) 2002-2003 www.tebie.com --> 163com
> Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; boundary="Boundary-=_tMptLJwQIKWmQcNjMhmCTJeyCPky"
> Xref: tux.edennetwork cn.mail.163:1
> Lines: 21
>
>
> --Boundary-=_tMptLJwQIKWmQcNjMhmCTJeyCPky
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
> ytTSu8/CMTYztcR3ZWK3orXE08q8/rXEZW5jb2Rpbmc=
> --Boundary-=_tMptLJwQIKWmQcNjMhmCTJeyCPky
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
> ytTSu8/CMTYztcR3ZWK3orXE08q8/rXEZW5jb2Rpbmc8YnI+PCEtLSBmb290ZXIgLS0+PGJy
> Pjxicj48YnI+DQo8Zm9udCBzdHlsZT0iZm9udC1zaXplOjE0LjhweCI+DQo8IS0tueO45mZv
> b3RlciC/qsq8LS0+DQo8IS0tueO45mZvb3RlciC94cr4LS0+DQoNCjwhLS3E2rK/Zm9vdGVy
> v6rKvC0tPg0KPGJyPg0KPGJyPjxwIHN0eWxlPSJsaW5lLWhlaWdodDoxNjAlOyI+DQo8YSBo
> cmVmPSJodHRwOi8vbWFpbC4xNjMuY29tIiB0YXJnZXQ9Il9ibGFuayI+DQo8Zm9udCBjb2xv
> cj1ibHVlPtDo0qrSu7j2PHNwYW4gc3R5bGU9ImNvbG9yOnJlZCI+MjAwMNXXtcTD4rfRPC9z
> cGFuPtPKz+TC8KO/PGJyPs340tfD4rfR08rP5MrHPHNwYW4gc3R5bGU9ImNvbG9yOnJlZCI+
> 1tC5+tfutuDIy8q508M8L3NwYW4+tcS159fT08rP5KGjPC9hPg0KPC9wPg0KPCEtLcTasr9m
> b290ZXK94cr4LS0+DQo8L2ZvbnQ+
> --Boundary-=_tMptLJwQIKWmQcNjMhmCTJeyCPky--
> ------ Test Mail Ends ------
>
> My locale is
> $ locale
> LANG=en_US
> LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC="en_US"
> LC_TIME="en_US"
> LC_COLLATE="en_US"
> LC_MONETARY="en_US"
> LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
> LC_PAPER="en_US"
> LC_NAME="en_US"
> LC_ADDRESS="en_US"
> LC_TELEPHONE="en_US"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US"
> LC_ALL=
>
> My current ~/.gnus contains nothing related to charset or encoding
> specifically.  If you want more information, please let me know.
>
> Thank you.

the MIME message seems normal, i do not know why it was not correct interpreted
on your system.  for your information, i paste my locale, which is a little
different with yours,

LANG=zh_CN.gbk
LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.gbk
LC_NUMERIC=zh_CN.gbk
LC_TIME=en_US
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY=en_US
LC_MESSAGES=en_US
LC_PAPER=zh_CN.gbk
LC_NAME=zh_CN.gbk
LC_ADDRESS=zh_CN.gbk
LC_TELEPHONE=zh_CN.gbk
LC_MEASUREMENT=zh_CN.gbk
LC_IDENTIFICATION=zh_CN.gbk
LC_ALL=


wha't is your lang environment settings?

-
narke