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Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

You know those fancy ANSI art back in the golden
days of B.B.S., widely used in login and menu
screens?

I designed those screens while being co-sysop
of the Concerto BBS Group back then. :)

ansi art - Google uELo#i
<https://www.google.com/search?q=ansi+art>
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/ v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
/( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
The game is afoot... Meow...

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"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruCruC ruarueruerua ruarueruCruerua ruarueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruarueruerua
ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerua ruerue ruerue ruarua ruerueruCruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.general

On 7/13/2026 11:43 PM, Schlomo Goldberg wrote:

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruCruC ruarueruerua ruarueruCruerua ruarueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruarueruerua
ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerua ruerue ruerue ruarua ruerueruCruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC

What happened to your colors? :)
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@~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
/ v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
/( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
The game is afoot... Meow...
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.general

In news.software.readers,
Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruCruC ruarueruerua ruarueruCruerua ruarueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruarueruerua ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerua ruerue ruerue ruarua ruerueruCruerue ruerue
ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC

That's not looking good here:

https://qaz.wtf/tmp/screen-20260713-102045.png

What happened?

This, with escape sequences, doesn't display in my editor or newsreader,
I can see it with `cat` however.


ruo
ruoruoruaruaruaruoruoruoruoruoruoruaruaruarua ruEruoruoruoruaruAruAruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruaruarua ruoruoruoruoruoruo
ruoruarua
ruEruoruoruoruiruaruaruaruaruAruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruoruoruCruC ruoruoruoruoruAruAruoruoruoruoruo
rua ruAruoruoruoruoruEruaruaruaruaruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruorua
ruaruAruoruoruoruoruiruaruaruC ruCruAruAruAruoruoruaruo ruoruoruoruCruCruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruA ruaruAruAruiruAruoruoruEruAruAruoruCrui rui ruC
ruCruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruA
ruaruaruAruAruAruEruAruoruoruAruiruaruaruorui
ruEruaruAruAruAruAruAruA
ruaruaruaruaruarui ruAruoruoruE ruaruaruaruaruoruoruoruoruoruoruarua ruaruaruAruAruarui
ruaruaruaruaruaruaruCruC ruEruoruoruiruE ruoruoruoruoruoruoruAruA ruaruaruaruaruAruAruarua ruaruCruCruCruCruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruaruoruoruoruoruaruaruAruo ruoruoruoruoruAruAruAruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruAruarua
ruC ruaruaruaruaruaruCruCruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruiruaruaruaruAruAruAruAruoruoruA
ruoruAruAruaruiruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruarui ruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruarua ruCruoruoruoruoruAruaruaruaruaruAruAruAruoruo
ruEruAruAruAruaruaruiruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruarua
ruC ruCruCruCruaruaruaruaruarui ruCruoruoruoruaruaruaruaruAruAruoruo ruoruEruaruAruaruaruaruiruaruaruCruCruCruCruCruCruCrua
ruCruaruaruiruCruCruaruC ruCruCruorui
ruaruaruaruaruaruaruarua -+VS/ACiD-+
ruaruC ruCruCruCruCruCrua
ruE -+ P R O D U C T I O N S -+ 1 9 9 4 -+


Out of band alternative (UTF-8):

https://qaz.wtf/tmp/acid0594.ans

Elijah
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the link works with `curl` for me
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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:

In news.software.readers,
Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruCruC ruarueruerua ruarueruCruerua
ruarueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruarueruerua >> ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerua ruerue ruerue ruarua ruerueruCruerue ruerue
ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC

That's not looking good here:

Must be your newsreader. Try another one, like Thunderbird. I assume
most TUI ones, like slrn, will work too (as long as they support
Unicode).

This, with escape sequences, doesn't display in my editor or newsreader,
I can see it with `cat` however.

ruo
ruoruoruaruaruaruoruoruoruoruoruoruaruaruarua ruEruoruoruoruaruAruAruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruaruarua ruoruoruoruoruoruo
ruoruarua
ruEruoruoruoruiruaruaruaruaruAruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruoruoruCruC ruoruoruoruoruAruAruoruoruoruoruo
rua ruAruoruoruoruoruEruaruaruaruaruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruoruoruoruorua
ruaruAruoruoruoruoruiruaruaruC ruCruAruAruAruoruoruaruo ruoruoruoruCruCruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruA ruaruAruAruiruAruoruoruEruAruAruoruCrui rui ruC
ruCruAruAruAruAruAruAruAruA
ruaruaruAruAruAruEruAruoruoruAruiruaruaruorui
ruEruaruAruAruAruAruAruA
ruaruaruaruaruarui ruAruoruoruE ruaruaruaruaruoruoruoruoruoruoruarua ruaruaruAruAruarui
ruaruaruaruaruaruaruCruC ruEruoruoruiruE ruoruoruoruoruoruoruAruA ruaruaruaruaruAruAruarua ruaruCruCruCruCruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruaruoruoruoruoruaruaruAruo ruoruoruoruoruAruAruAruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruAruarua
ruC ruaruaruaruaruaruCruCruoruoruoruoruoruoruoruiruaruaruaruAruAruAruAruoruoruA
ruoruAruAruaruiruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruarui ruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruarua ruCruoruoruoruoruAruaruaruaruaruAruAruAruoruo
ruEruAruAruAruaruaruiruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruaruarua
ruC ruCruCruCruaruaruaruaruarui ruCruoruoruoruaruaruaruaruAruAruoruo ruoruEruaruAruaruaruaruiruaruaruCruCruCruCruCruCruCrua ruCruaruaruiruCruCruaruC ruCruCruorui
ruaruaruaruaruaruaruarua -+VS/ACiD-+
ruaruC ruCruCruCruCruCrua
ruE -+ P R O D U C T I O N S -+ 1 9 9 4 -+

Interestingly, I can see colors (blue for the picture, gray for
signature) but the picture itself is mangled. And it seems that for
picture both foreground and background set to blue. In any case, there
is no way to make something like that to work across the board,
especially in case of modern (GUI) newsreaders. None of them support
escape sequences, as far as I know.
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Eli the Bearded wrote:

In news.software.readers,
Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruCruC ruarueruerua ruarueruCruerua
ruarueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruarueruerua >> ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerua ruerue ruerue ruarua ruerueruCruerue ruerue
ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC

That's not looking good here:

https://qaz.wtf/tmp/screen-20260713-102045.png

What happened?

Use fixed width fonts.
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.general

On 7/14/2026 3:55 AM, Frank Miller wrote:

Use fixed width fonts.

Not just that. You need a special
fixed-width fonts that also decodes
ANSI. Um.... maybe a custom font
like those smiling-face fonts. Oh,
it's called Emoji? :)
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@~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
/ v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
/( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
The game is afoot... Meow...
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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.general

Schlomo Goldberg wrote in alt.comp.software.thunderbird,alt.bbs.ads,alt.bbs.general,news.software.readers:

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruCruC ruarueruerua ruarueruCruerua ruarueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruerueruCruerua ruarueruCruarua ruarueruerua
ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerua ruerue ruerue ruarua ruerueruCruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue ruerue
ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruC ruCruCruC ruCruC

flnews can, although the colors are imposed (black on white, here).
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