Bill, I have changed my settings to US-ASCII too.=20 ...adding some return characters... How about this long line? Outlook is wrapping text; do you see any of those unprintable characters on this line? Julio Cesar Quijada-Reina Programmer Analyst Computer Services at Alfred State College -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thater, William Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:22 AM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: formatting Outlook messages for freelists - was RE: test - read if you want but I promise you'll be bored Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > Well, when you finally figure it out, if someone will kindly write up > a concise > paragraph on the problem and solution, I will include it with the > email that > goes out to new subscribers. > Thanks, >=20 > Jared OK i'm using outlook 2000 SR-1 and have just set my encoding to US-ASCII. let's see if the unprintable characters show up. this is plain text. if not maybe we have a basis for the solution? -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA =20 "I'm going to work my ticket if I can..." -- Gilwell song william.thater@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. - Albert Einstein ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------