Hi List,

For some reason, unlike most other lists I have subscribed to, this 
particular list/server is optimized for plain text mail.  Most modern 
mail programs: Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail 
and so on send messages in Rich Text or HTML by default. To avoid the 
equal signs showing up in your outgoing messages, you must set your mail 
program to send in plain text only for this list.  Using your address 
book and the properties of the address to post to this list, you can 
indeed change that attribute.  Just how you change it varies from mail 
program to mail program. Look around in your address book under the 
properties for this mail address and see what you come up with.

In Thunderbird, you should open your address book, highlight the Blind 
Hams address, right click and choose properties, and then tab about 10 
or 15 times until you see a combo box that says: 'prefers to receive 
mail in and your choices are unknown, HTML or plain text.  Choose the 
plain text item and click OK.  That should do it for Thunderbird.

For Outlook Express,  Open your address book, highlight the Blind Hams 
address, click the properties item, use the tab key to highlight a check 
box that says: 'send message using plain text only' and check that box.  
Then click OK.

For Outlook and Live Mail, the procedure is similar, but I can't give a 
step by step description as I am not using them now.
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