Hello, I know first hand that "Quoted Printable" causes the "=" sign to appear in all of the "freelist" groups that I am involved with. I do not remember if the same goes for "Base 64". This may be due to the automatic word wrapping by the software that freelist uses, just a guess. Without going into the pros and cons or stating my opinion, I "dealt with it" by changing and leaving my 'MIME' encoding options to "None" and let OE6 wrap my e-mail at its default settings. Though my settings may still create a mess with quoted posts, other subscribers are spared the added "=" or the "(=3D)" when I reply. Cheers! Drew ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Joe Sullivan" <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>; <freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:59 AM Subject: [freelists-users] Re: Equals signs in posted messages > > Hi, > > Further to Joe Sullivan's message, I hope the following information may = > prove useful. > > At least one other member's messages are also arriving with equals (=3D) = > signs. (David Rosenfeld) If my interpretation of his Message Header = > information is correct, he is using Novel Groupwise. > > I am using Outlook 2000(SR1), via Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. My = > messages are being sent as Plain Text from Outlook. > > My suspicion is that it is the soft returns inserted by Outlook and = > others which is being seen and miss-interpreted. As Joe says, if you = > are using speech output to listen to messages, it sure gets annoying! > > For my part, I am on a number of Yahoogroups lists as well as others, = > and also own four which are run using Listserv software. The equals = > sign problem does not appear in any of those. > > George Bell > Techno-Vision Systems Ltd=20 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Sullivan [mailto:joe@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 12 August 2002 20:47 > To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Equals signs in posted messages > > > Although I've run lists in other places for years, I'm new to freelists = > and=20 > Ecartis. The lists I've set up here seem to be running fine apart from = > one=20 > little problem with one particular user, and that is that equals signs = > pop=20 > up at the ends of many (not all) lines in his messages; there's also the = > > odd "=3D20" taking the place of what I suppose was originally a space. = > I've=20 > seen this kind of effect when someone sends with "quoted printables" = > turned=20 > on, so I have found and turned on the "humanize-quotedprintable" option = > for=20 > the list, but that doesn't seem to make any difference. > > There's a sample excerpt from one of his messages below. > > Although it's a small bit of visual noise to most of us, many users of = > this=20 > list are blind, and their screen readers actually say "equals," which = > makes=20 > it a considerable nuisance for them. > > This does not happen to messages that this user sends through lists=20 > elsewhere, nor to those he sends directly to us. On the other hand, it=20 > doesn't happen to any other users' messages through this same list, so=20 > perhaps it's an unusual setting in his email client (he uses Outlook), = > or=20 > some list setting I've missed, or a combination. > > Any pointers appreciated. > > Joe Sullivan > <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- excerpt from recent message > > O.K. Here's how to check if Word 2000's "Heading 1" Style is causing a = > =3D > Page Break before it. > > In Word 2000, bring up the Format menu, and click on Style. There's a = > =3D > List Box there called "Styles". Move down and highlight "Heading 1". > > If you cannot find it, Tab to the box called "List:", and from there =3D > select "All Styles". Tab back to the previous box, and you should now = > =3D > find the Heading 1 Style. > > Now find the "Modify" button, and click on it. > > In the next window called "Modify Style" find the "Modify" button, and = > =3D > click on that. =3D20 > > In the list that comes up click on Paragraph. > > =========================================================== > The FreeLists-Users mailing list > Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users > Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > =========================================================== > > =========================================================== The FreeLists-Users mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ===========================================================