illegibilia in digest (re: Pretzel/Bretzel (1843))

[Mark A. Mandel]

"Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> writes:
>>>
Mark is not the only one who can't read "these things".  I've seen
them in messages I receive directly (that is, not via the digest),
and a number of persons on another list I subscribe to have the same
complaint about its digest.

Mark, do you see both the illegibilia and the plain text for such
messages in the digest?  If so, I think the problem rests both with
the subscriber and the list server, and can be prevented by the list
server.  If subscribers sent only plain text, such things would not
appear.  If the list server refused to accept styled text (which can
be done), such things would be rejected and the subscribers forced to
send plain text.

<<<

Only the illegibilia. Here is Barry's post in full as I received it in
digest, with a bit of what precedes and follows it:

>>>>

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Date:    Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:41:36 EST
From:    Bapopik at AOL.COM
Subject: Pretzel/Bretzel (1843)

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Date:    Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:58:22 -0500
From:    "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
Subject: Re: casting couches & fish skins


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The schmutz, the whole schmutz, and nothing but the schmutz.

-- Mark A. Mandel
   Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania

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