Re: =b4=?+�constant afdregfp�=aa?&^%$(*@#$-_[{}�
Re: =b4=?+�constant afdregfp�=aa?&^%$(*@#$-_[{}�
- Subject: Re: =b4=?+�constant afdregfp�=aa?&^%$(*@#$-_[{}�
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:58:20 EDT
In a message dated 4/10/01 12:53:06 AM, I wrote:
>
Are those (gasp) - chevrons - in the message header? Has our list server been
>
fixed? Can it be possible? Let's see
OK, I'm going nuts. I can send chevrons. I can receive chevrons. The list
server can obviously send chevrons, since I received chevrons in a message
header. If one accepts the premise that the list server does not generate
chevrons de novo, one must conclude that the list server must be able to pass
chevrons thru unmangled. Yet somehow, the list server mangled these chevrons
in sending my post back to me, in both the header and the message body (and
made everyone else's chevrons appear differently amongst themselves). Romulus
Barabas <email@hidden> - please tell us which email client you are
using.
My current theory - mail relay servers between the subscribers to this list
and the Apple list server itself are doing the mangling. If this is true, the
problem cannot be fixed unless we can control which mail servers handle our
messages en route. Of course, if this is true, why do other list servers not
show the problem?
I think I'll start using drugs. I can't handle this reality.
For the benefit of list newcomers who don't know what's going on - the list
server "appears" to mangle any characters which are typed using the option
key (AKA high ASCII if you speak geek). Solutions are to use short lines (to
avoid line wrap artifact) and plain English (to avoid comparison operators).
Or use the handy preprocessing script "ConvertScript," found at
http://homepage.mac.com/richard23/
If there is another such preprocessor I'm sure someone will mention or use it
on list.
Jeff Baumann
email@hidden
www.linkedresources.com
Friends don't let friends email high ASCII.