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Date:	Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:08:46 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Re: messages with numerical hitchhikers

In <1019433618-0-Info@SYNass.NET>, on 04/21/02
at 10:00 AM, "Info2SYNass.NET" said:

>I am not really sure what is discussed here !?

Jordan is seeing the characters '=20' in some messages. These are side
effect of improperly handled quoted printable (QP) encoding within
messages. A Google search for the term "quoted printable" should get you
lots of detailed explainations.

>But here in Europe / Switzerland we possibly have some different system
>settings from yours in USA ...
>... and I am using Lotus Notes for OS/2 R 4.57h as mailer and its
>behavior is not ever I do like it !

It's not usually a language problem. QP was invented to allow 8-bit
characters to be transported in 7-bit only systems partly to make is
easier to send email with foreign (relative to the US ) characters.

>Could you please explain so that I may be able to correct a
>mistake !?

Hunt around your Notes setting as see what QP options your have.

FWIW, it may not be anything you are doing. There are still some
brain-dead MTA's that auto covert messages bodies to QP and that don't do
it correctly.

Steven

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