It doesn't matter. Even if you turn plain text on (it's under the "Composing" tab), you'll still get the extraneous characters on this list. You'll get fewer of them if you also go into the edit menu and disable substitutions. 

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> On May 4, 2015, at 12:32 AM, Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Strange, checking from my other computer, I see an equal sign that shouldn't 
> be there and wasn't in the first post.  Odd.  If anybody knows how to find 
> the plain text setting on a mac, please let me know.  I've read about it but 
> I haven't been able to find that setting yet.
> 
> Phil.
> K0NX
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 9:47 PM
> Subject: Super
> 
> 
>> Well, I see that my first blind hams message from my Mac mini is clean =
>> so now I can move on to learning more key commands and mac features.
>> 
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>