Not all listservers has these problems with Microsoft implementation or
whichever.

----- Original Message -----
From: ".dan." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:48 PM
Subject: messages with 20's


"The equals twenties are caused by the listserv software's inadequate
handling of carriage returns."

No,, the problem lies with microslop who insists on violating the
standards
for using ascii code in internet exchanges.  When the listserv sees this
nonstandard character it substitutes a binary code in it's place.  One
also
sees this for example when a microslop product uses cute graphical
quotation marks in place of the standard ascii quotation marks, it then
forces a substitution of two different binary number codes in their
place.
It is my understanding, not using the products myself, that there are
settings in the microslop products that solve this problem by asking
that
text sent over the net use standard ascii codes properly.


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