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[FLew98 <FLew98(--nospam--at)aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-03-12 15:44:29 EST, you write:

> -----Original Message-----
>  From: Bill Cain, S.E. +ADw-bcain+AEA-ebmud.com+AD4-
>  To: seaoc+AEA-seaoc.org +ADw-seaoc+AEA-seaoc.org+AD4-
>  Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 8:48 AM
>  Subject: Re: +ACY- Characters from Listserver
>  
>  
>  +AD4-At 07:23 3/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>  +AD4APg-
>  +AD4APg------Original Message-----
>  +AD4APg-From: T +ADw-vicpeng+AEA-vtcg.com+AD4-
>  +AD4APg-To: seaoc+AEA-seaoc.org +ADw-seaoc+AEA-seaoc.org+AD4-
>  +AD4APg-Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 7:19 AM
>  +AD4APg-Subject: Re: International Collecting on Invoices
>  +AD4APg- .......
>  +AD4APg- Does any one know why +ACIAJgAi- is popping up for characters such
> as
>  +AD4APg-amphersands and punctuation marks?  And is this happening to the +
> AD4APg-posting
>  or just me?
>  +AD4APg-
>  +AD4APg-Thor Tandy  P.Eng
>  +AD4APg-Victoria BC
>  +AD4-
>  +AD4-
>  +AD4AWw-Bill Cain+AF0- I'm getting them too+ACE-
>  
>  
>  
>  This posting I entered it as +ADwAKw-ACY-+AD4- and it came out correct as 
> the
>  amphersand+ACEAIQAhACEAIQAhACEAIQ-  I feel like Leonard da Vinci but
without 
> my mirror.
>  
>  AAAHHHHHH+ACEAIQ-

Folks,

Previous postings have made it quite clear that many subscribers on this
listserv cannot be html-compliant, and for them html-encoded postings show up
with extraneous garbage.  The example above is typical.   Such nonsense are
increasingly showing up ever since someone suggested tinkering with the
settings on our e-mail programs to display and submit html-encoded e-mail. 

Recent postings indicate that even fans of html agree we should remain with
ascii e-mail for now.  This message is aimed at those of you who have tinkered
with your settings:  PLEASE check that you have returned your settings back to
the default ascii format.

Frank Lew, SE
Orinda, CA