Does that sound like Christopher Schimpke's issue?  His text is fine but
it's surrounded by munged headers.

Yrs,
d

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:50 PM, KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you're using Outlook, check to see what the default "Send" type of
> message is.  I believe outlook uses RTF.  If it's RTF or HTML, it'll have
> the characters in it.  Gerry's uses plain text format and one of the mail
> hosts somewhere is not converting it.
>
> Try creating a message, then go to the options tab and select "Aa Plain
> Text" which is in the middle of the page on the top.  That should remove
> all the crazy characters from it when it's sent.
>
> GregM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of email99@bellsouth.net
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 2:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Somewhat Off Topic: Help, some List notes are a block of random
> characters
>
> This has no Vanagon content but it concerns the enjoyment of Vanagon List
> material.
>
> The topic was discussed several years ago but I've not been able to find
> it in the archives.  Maybe others are having the same problem.
>
> Some Vanagon List posts appear as a block of random characters when viewed
> in archive mode.  I feel I am missing much of the wisdom of the list
> because some of Dennis Haynes' notes appear to me in this manner.
> Someone please save me from this pit darkness and teach me how to view
> these notes on a Windows machine.
>
> That's about it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed
>