> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > BTW, does anyone know why some of the recent emails here are coming > through > all chopped up with strange equal signs and numbers???
These are probably Mail.app users (the default Mac OS X mail program) who haven't worked around a bug in the program (which might have been fixed in 10.2, I don't know). Basically, if you are using Mail and you reply to someone with any kind of rich text or "high ASCII" in their message (even just in the SIG), your email goes out as rich text, which includes formatting characters that get translated into plain ASCII when it hits the list. It may be inaccurate or unfair, but I suspect the "problem" originates with Outlook Express/Entourage users, who routinely use HTML in their mail without even knowing it (curse Microsoft). It is Mail's inability to correctly handle replying to such email that causes the problem. It's annoying. I think the way to fix that is to set the prefs in Mail to UNCHECK the "same format as the original message" box under "composing" (and of course you should *always* make your default composing style "Plain Text"). BTW, I might be completely misinformed about this. Corrections gratefully accepted. _Chas_ Come to ... The CHASbah! http://thechasbah.blogspot.com **Go see BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. It may change your life.** -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
