Which makes sense, because an ASCII "3D" character is an equals sign. The "20" is a space. So an "=20" will translate to an "=3D20", which translates to "=3D3D20", and so on. I see that Lisa's originating charset denotes 8-bit, but "standard" email is 7-bit. Perhaps it's a word wrap in the editor doing it? Lisa, what are you using to compose your e-mail? If it's MS Wurd, it could be hosing it. Or one or more of the 4-5 programs that are translating your message before it gets to the list. Eeep! Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxx Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -----Original Message----- From: Igor Neyman [mailto:ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:43 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: About oracle-l: some odd combinations of characters Interesting... Lisa's second message showed only "=20". But when included in Mark's reply, it showed "=3D20". Btw. the first Lisa's message now shows "=3D3D20" - keeps adding "3D". Igor Neyman, OCP DBA ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------