KLUNDE@VMS.MACC.WISC.EDU ("Ken R. Lunde") (03/23/91)
Archive-name: text/japanese/lunde-japan-inf/1991-03-22 Archive: ucdavis.edu:/pub/JIS/japan.inf [128.120.2.1] Original-posting-by: KLUNDE@VMS.MACC.WISC.EDU ("Ken R. Lunde") Original-subject: New version of JAPAN.INF Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) JAPAN.INF Version 1.0 ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF JAPANESE March 22, 1991 Ken R. Lunde ($B>.NS(J $B7u(J) Department of Engineering Professional Development University of Wisconsin-Madison Room #4 General Engineering (T-24) 1527 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 (608)238-4118 (home) (608)262-4810 (office) (608)262-6707 (fax) klunde@vms.macc.wisc.edu (internet) klunde@wiscmacc (bitnet) This article is a description of how to send and receive *real* Japanese text (i.e., kana and kanji) using electronic mail. I am absolutely delighted to share this information with others, and I would appreciate any comments on its content. Since some of the information contained within changes on a monthly, even weekly basis, I keep a current copy in electronic form. In fact, it was originally in electronic form. A current copy of this article will be made available at two places: by anonymous FTP at ucdavis.edu (128.120.2.1) in the pub/JIS directory under the name japan.inf; and by contacted me directly through electronic mail to request a copy -- my electronic mail address is given above. TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION PART 0: THE JAPANESE CHARACTER SET PART 1: 7-BIT JAPANESE CODES PART 2: 8-BIT JAPANESE CODES PART 3: SENDING JAPANESE PART 4: RECEIVING JAPANESE PART 5: CONVERSION OF JAPANESE CODES PART 6: JAPANESE E-MAIL NETWORKS AND ADDRESSING TEMPLATES PART 7: ACTIVE JUNET DOMAINS PART 8: JUNET NEWS PART 9: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS A FINAL NOTE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX 1: BITNET NODES IN JAPAN APPENDIX 2: JUNET DOMAINS APPENDIX 3: JUNET NEWS NEWSGROUPS INTRODUCTION Electronic mail has become a very efficient means of communicating both locally and world-wide. While it is very simple to send text which uses only the 94 printable ASCII characters, character sets which contains more than these ASCII characters pose special problems. In this article, I will describe how Japanese characters can be sent using electronic mail. This report contains actual Japanese text throughout, so don't be alarmed if strange sequences of ASCII characters appear. All Japanese contained in this file is in the NEW-JIS code. [1600+ lines deleted. --Ed]