Re: = signs in some messages=
- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:46:42 -0500
This used to be more common years ago when there were more UNIX machines =
producing e-mail. I was under the impression it had something to do with =
one of the UNIX e-mail clients or servers. In addition to the =3D sign =
you will often se the number 20 the HEX value for the ASCII SPACE =
character. It was once explained to me that it had something to do with =
padding line lengths, UNIX uses only the ASCII RETURN character to =
terminate lines, Windows and DOS use both the RETURN and LINEFEED =
characters to terminate lines and these days lines aren't really =
terminated at all except deliberately to create a new paragraph. Clients =
which use a fixed text terminal though do insert end of line markers =
which is one reason why we will see e-mail with every second line =
shortened when the reply is included.
Anyway, the exact details now escape me as it was several years ago that =
it was explained to me in detail but essentially it had to do with two =
characters being inserted in the place of the single line terminator and =
the way this is managed by MIME or one of those protocols. It happens =
within the network and therefore outside of the client's control
This list though is the only one of a few that I belong to which seems =
to have this problem which makes me wonder if it has something to do =
with the settings. I used to see it a lot on the old NETTAMER list and I =
do se it occasionally still when messages are coppied to other lists.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
DLeavens@xxxxxxx
Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: =3D signs in some messages=3D
> I'm not sure how those signs get there. I do know this. It seems =
that if=20
> someone forwards their reply with control F, rather than hitting =
control R,=20
> for reply tends to put those =3D, and the =3D20 signs in messages. I =
can see=20
> them getting in the original message when it's sent along with the =
reply.=20
> But I see them in first generation messages, and I just don't =
understand it.=20
> I never see them in any of my original posts. But then others are =
filled=20
> with them, and it's very distracting trying to read the message. I =
know=20
> that it's not done intentionally, but why it shows up in some messages =
and=20
> not others is a mystery to me. Jack
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Moti Azrad Musician & Piano-Tuner" <motia@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Jfw List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:41 AM
> Subject: =3D signs in some messages=3D
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> > Hi my friends,
> > I notieced that these =3D signs are found only in some messages.
> > So the conclusion is that the problem is of some of our friends and =
is not=20
> > a setting or other problem of the jfw list.
> > Try to do something to prevent these signs.
> >
> > A lot of thanks
> >
> > Moti
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