More likely explanation is something's funky with the newlines in the
email or in how the reader is handling the newline (e.g. character set
issues):

http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr13/tr13-9.html

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:44:10 EST, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/28/05 2:34:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM writes:
>
> > Why do some of the posts look like this example "=OD" and is there anything
> > we can do about it?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> emoticons, Lar..
> i think thats supposed to be a smiley face..   i make mine like this:    :<)
> some people make theirs like this:  =OD
> this is suprised:   =<O
> this is sticking their tongue out:  :<P
>   so on and so forth..
> so there ya go, Lar..  ;<*    (no, that wasnt meant for you.. LOL  )
>
> chris
>