Hi All, How strange. I have never seen any equal signs on any messages. Robert Carter At 04:10 PM 6/9/2004, you wrote: >I totally agree and have said something myself not so long ago. >Dave > > > >Dave Cunningham >(412) 257-8153 Home >(412) 215-4597 Cell >Email address used for MSN. > >All incoming and outgoing email scanned by Norton Anti-virus 2003 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of David Allen >Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:57 PM >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bookport] List behaviour > > >Hello! > >A few weeks ago, several (including me) expressed frustration over the >equals signs that were appearing on every line in some list messages. I >thought it was only a part of messages that were posted by APH staff at >first. But as the practice continued, I found this wasn't so. If there was >an explanation of what causes this on list, I missed it. They're still >there, and there just as annoying as ever, especially when messages often >contain instructions that would (other than these unnecessary equals signs) >be very useful. The equals signs (apparently sometimes as many as 20 of >them) at the end of every line only add confusion. Now the thread seems to >have died, but the practice hasn't. Can we get rid of them? > >Dave