Hi, George:
There are two issues -- the characters in the sig line and the soft line break.
1) < =3D=3D >
It is my understanding that this means that the character "sent" was not an ASCII
character. For example, I have an "apple" in one of my sig lines -- which other Mac
people can read -- but which isn't ASCII and *certainly* has no corresponding image on
a PC keyboard <g>. So, for those non-Macs who get the mail -- their mail reader
substitutes "gibberish" like this.
2) < =20 > soft line return.
This is a function of the e-mail client, I believe. UNIX, Mac and Wintel all have
different "soft return" characters [when the line "wraps" around the window versus
hitting the "return" key for a hard return]. The < = 20 > is a vestige of one of them
that isn't "proper" code for the e-mail server. I think the culprit is Wintel, but I
can't remember. And I did a net search and couldn't find the answer.
See http://www.slashdot.org/ for a recent article on how MSFT products are sending
along a lot of non-standard characters these days, even in the guise of ASCII.
> Kathy E. Gill
>
>
>
> ----------
> From: Rainmaker[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Don't know if this is appropriate for the list, but it is a
> technical net issue. Why is it you see =20 and/or =30 in some
> e-mail posts? On one digest came this....
>
> February 17, 1999=20
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Please pass this issue of the EMD on to someone=20
>
> The =3D should have been a line of ====
>
> On another list came...
>
> >Anyone who is familiar with the group would know that trying to control=20
> >those people would be like herding cats. My style, approach, and subject=20
> >are specifically designed to attract independent thinkers. I have no use=20
>
> What causes it?
>
>
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