Try changing the default encoding of the mail program. Email that is sent is encoded in a specific format, the receiving client (including web based mail) should also support that format or else the message will come out garbled.
If you are using the new Yahoo mail open the message and select "More Actions" from the toolbar above the message and select a different encoding from the 'Set Encoding" menu. I think the popular encoding these days for english language mail is UTF-8. Or try the Auto detect option. For hotmail, sorry no joy. The problem is definitely the encoding (at least it has all the symptoms) so all you need to do is figure out how to set it right. But how to go about it eludes me. The road to causality in Hotmail is a frustrating mess! (and a minor contribution to the myth of the qualityless-ness of MS products*). Possible directions: - Check the encoding in your browser. - If you are using Internet Explorer try using Firefox ( http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) and see if the same problem occurs still. If it does then you know the problem is either with the hotmail service itself or internet explorer. Whip out your problem-solution hypothesis notebook and get down to it. :-) *This is an entire post in itself and as usual I've run out of time to get into it just now. Later. Later. Later. sunfever 2008/1/16 Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > SA good - thanks for deciphering - > > the posts I see from both of them are fine > on my end as well. > > perhaps if Bo adjusts the size of the window he is reading > the mail in, it will help how he sees the posts - or > he can change the number of characters for word-wrap > on his end. > > BTW - the enter/return key. > It was originally called 'return' on a computer because > it was a carry over from the "carriage return" key on a typewriter - > remember those? :) > > carriage return to literally return the carriage back to > the start of the page after you had typed a line. (it actually > performed a carriage return and then a line feed to go down > one line) > > It then changed to call it the Enter key because although > it will return the cursor back to the beginning of the line > when we are just typing text, it will also 'enter' a command into > the computer depending on what object on the screen is > considered the active object. In fact back in the DOS days > of computing (before windows) (or if you run the command line > in Windows) - you really did type everything you needed for the > computer to do onto a line and then press the 'enter' key to > get it to execute the command. > > now I think it's just a matter of manufacturer preference > what to print on it - Enter is more common - I think. > > by the way, sure is funny to hear you all talk about how > unfamiliar you are with the operation of your computer - > as if you don't want to really 'know' anything about how > it really works... > > you just want to hop on it and ride it...hmmmm - John Sutherland > anyone? > > > > > - more than you ever wanted to think about > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Heather Perella > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:38 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [MD] Asking for help > > > > > > Margaret, > > > > Both dmb and Jorge seem to be having problems with > > this, but it also seems to be only a problem for > > certain receivers. For instance, all posts by dmb and > > Jorge that I receive are perfectly fine. I know Bo > > complains about this. > > > > SA > > > > > > > > > > Margaret: > > > oh wait - now I'm confused - I was just trying to > > > follow the thread > > > back and I see that it was Jorge with the issue with > > > Yahoo - > > > instead of dmb with Hotmail. ok - well forgive me > > > for trying to > > > step in the middle of untangling this mess. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of > > > > Akshay Peshwe > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:43 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [MD] Asking for help > > > > > > > > > > > > craigerb has a point. You might want to try doing > > > that. Are > > > > you sure you are not using any fancy feature of > > > Yahoo (such > > > > as the online rtf editors that they support, which > > > can screw > > > > things up since they're still in beta version)? > > > Switch to the > > > > Classic Mail scheme and see if it makes any > > > difference. Also, > > > > if you want to use Word, you might want to scale > > > your > > > > paragraph a little so that it does not overflow > > > (or make > > > > wierd errors). > > > > > > > > > > > > On 15/01/2008, Jorge Goldfarb > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > For some mysterious reasons my Posts come up > > > here as endless > > > > > horizontal lines instead of a decent > > > screen-width. They > > > > must be very > > > > > cumbersome to read. I ,for one, wouldn't have > > > the patience to go to > > > > > all that troble to read them. > > > > > > > > > > Since I seem to be the only one in > > > MOQdiscuss having that > > > > > trouble, I must be doing something wrong. First > > > I wrote the > > > > Posts in > > > > > MS Word, copied and pasted on Yahoo mail; > > > whatever I tried there > > > > > (saving as web page, web file, etc) didn't > > > work. Then I > > > > started to > > > > > write directly as an e-mail, but nothing > > > changed. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe there is among all of you some > > > computer wizard > > > > that could > > > > > tell me what I am doing wrong? > > > > > > > > > > Much obliged > > > > > > > > > > Jorge Goldfarb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this > > > month with > > > > Yahoo! for > > > > > Good Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, > > > Unsubscribing etc. > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > > > > Archives: > > > > > > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > > > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > > > > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > > > Archives: > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1223 - > > > Release > > > > Date: 1/13/2008 8:23 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1224 - > > > Release Date: 1/14/2008 > > > 5:39 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > > Archives: > > > > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > ______________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! 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