The equals sign followed by two characters is the hexadecimal code for a character. Looks like spaces have been replaced with underscores, too. The 2x range of characters are all pretty standard punctuation.
For the character codes, see http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0000.pdf and http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0080.pdf On 18 July 2012 10:45, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > One of my father's (inane, several other adjectives apply here) SPAM > mailings, relayed interminably from jaded legacy AOL users or other idiots, > gets its subject converted to a barely-readable form by Juno. > > Here's a sample, for which I'd appreciate a translation to more readable > form. > > =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E7a_grince_=28It=27s_squeaking=29_=2E=2E=2E=2E_ts?= > > I've surmised that the actual data starts after the third question mark > (following a second question mark and capital Q) > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > > > -- > BOB > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
