hi. This only seems to happen on replies to messages. for example right now, I looked at the original message that Jim sent, and there are no =20 or other strange symbols in the original message in he thread, but replies seem to have them. So, if you replied to Jim's original on this thread, check your Outlook express or other client settings, and make sure that you are posting in plane text instead of html, and that the option for using quoted printable is turned off. In Outlook express, in the options, find the html settings button, and make sure that the Mime message format encode messages using combo box is set to none. At 08:18 PM 3/20/2005, you wrote: >Hi, not sure why my messages have these symbols in them. I am using out >look xp with everything set to plain text. If any one has any ideas why >this is happening I would like to know. This is the only list where I am >having this problem. It seems also that some people on the list find it >annoying enough to generate at least four messages about it a week and one >person claims that he finds my messages incomprehensible with them. So if >some one can point me in the right direction to getting rid of them I would >be grateful. > > >-- >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. >Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > >If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or >the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather >contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx