Re: [ADS-L] mangled messages

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Maybe there is a garbageometer that filters out some of my less worthy 
postings. 

Let me know if you get this one, please.

In a message dated 2/9/09 10:49:13 AM, bhneed at GMAIL.COM writes:


> I also had troubles. I read my mail using Mac Mail. Now mine also goes
> through Gmail--so that might be part of the problem.
> 
> I have not seen any other (identifiable) responses to Ron's message--
> sometimes if they go through another system what is garbage when it
> comes to me directly is OK (or better)   when I get it second (or
> third) hand.
> 
> Barbara
> 
> Barbara Need
> Chicago
> 
> On 9 Feb 2009, at 10:43 AM, Mark Mandel wrote:
> 
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> > -----------------------
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      mangled messages
> > 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I saw in my mailbox:
> >
> >>>>
> > from    RonButters at aol.com
> > reply-to    American Dialect Society <ADS-L at listserv.uga.edu>
> > to    ADS-L at listserv.uga.edu
> > date    Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:42 PM
> > subject    Re:       Re: [ADS-L] last laugh on awe-dropping
> > mailed-by    listserv.uga.edu
> >
> > SGFzIHRoaXMgZ3V5IGxlYXJuZWQgTk9USElORyBhYm91dCB0aGUgc3RhcmRhcmQgcGhvbm9s
> > [...]
> > <<<
> >
> > I asked,
> >
> >> Want to try that one again, Ron?
> >
> > Ron answered:
> >
> >> Something must be wrong with your computer.
> >
> > Maybe so. I'm using Gmail in Firefox 3.0.6 with WinXP Pro, SP3.
> >
> > But I'm not having this problem with other posts, and we know that our
> > listserver is relatively intolerant. E.g., I have to remember to
> > post here
> > in "plain text" or risk my message's being mangled as above,
> > although no
> > other list that I'm on (American Name Society comes to mind) has/
> > causes such
> > problems.
> >
> > So: was it just me, or did anyone else have trouble reading that
> > post of
> > Ron's? (Sun, 8:42 pm, Re:       Re: [ADS-L] last laugh on awe-
> > dropping).
> >
> > Mark Mandel
> >
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