Sounds like the messages are mime encoded when they are put in the
archive.

On Aug 6, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Loren Busch wrote:

> In a recent message Frank mentioned that my messages were getting
> scrambled
> like others.  So I just checked the Archives and sure enough, one of
> my
> messages in another thread yesterday is scrambled in the archives.
> BUT, it
> was not scrambled when sent out to the list, the copy that appears
> in my
> 'All Mail' history here on Gmail is just fine, same as what shows in
> my
> 'Sent <ail' file.
>
> We have all seen this from time to time and I've seen it from other
> sources
> usually a message left at the bottom of a response that is scrambled
> or
> encoded or something.
>
> I've just checked the encoding on my messages, both the scrambled
> version in
> the archives and others that are okay and they are all set correctly
> or at
> least the same.
>
> So, all you Internet Gurus out there, what are we seeing?  And Frank
> is
> right, if messages are going out okay but end up scrambled to some
> members
> and scrambled in the archives some good info is being lost.