Ron,

I checked my Outlook express under this mailing list and it gives no such 
option but there are such choices under the option tab.  As I said, my own 
mailing list is on this same server and I have no such problems with the 
equal sign showing up.  Strange.

Phil.
K0NX





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:09 PM
Subject: Equal Signs: Hopefully explained


> 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.
>  for
>