Re: [ADS-L] mangled messages

[Barbara Need]

Ron,

Yes, But in case it doesn't come back to you this way, my blank lines
(and your carriage returns) show up as "=20"  in your message to me.
And there are other codes displayed as well.

Barbara

Barbara Need
Chicago

On 9 Feb 2009, at 10:54 AM, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

> Maybe there is a garbageometer that filters out some of my less
> worthy=20
> postings.=20
>
> 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.
>> =20
>> 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)=A0=A0 when I get it second (or
>> third) hand.
>> =20
>> Barbara
>> =20
>> Barbara Need
>> Chicago
>> =20
>> On 9 Feb 2009, at 10:43 AM, Mark Mandel wrote:
>> =20
>>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
>>> -----------------------
>>> Sender:=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>> >
>>> Poster:=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject:=A0 =A0 =A0 mangled messages
>>> =20
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------=
> -----
>>>
>>> I saw in my mailbox:
>>>
>>>>>>
>>> from=A0 =A0 RonButters at aol.com
>>> reply-to=A0 =A0 American Dialect Society <ADS-L at listserv.uga.edu>
>>> to=A0 =A0 ADS-L at listserv.uga.edu
>>> date=A0 =A0 Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:42 PM
>>> subject=A0 =A0 Re:=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 Re: [ADS-L] last laugh on awe-
>>> dropping
>>> mailed-by=A0 =A0 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:=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 Re: [ADS-L] last laugh on
>>> awe-
>>> dropping).
>>>
>>> Mark Mandel

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