Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:16:53 -0700
Reply-To: Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Illegible Messages
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Ya, I found Loren's foxed up message. Working on it.
Thanks,
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Fitz-Randolph" <fitzr@SUSCOM-MAINE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: Illegible Messages
Just trying to be helpful here. It was Chirs' gmail address where i saw
the troubles.
Here is an example:
http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0808a&L=vanagon&F=&S=&P=31718
I tried it on two different XP systems with both IE 6 and 7.
- Doug
On 8/6/2008, "Jim Arnott" <jr.arnott@gmail.com> wrote:
>Well... My first thought is, "We have users sending other than ASCII text?"
>Why?
> Then I'd go search the archives for Chris S to find an email address of
>mrpolak@YAHOO.COM for that name. I'd then further refine my search and
>limit it to posts from that address. There I would find 3 posts between 1
>jun 2008 and now. Then, I would pull those posts up and see if they were
>readable. What I would then find would be something like:
>
>Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:43:11 -0700
>Reply-To: "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
>Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>From: "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: FS 2.1L Waterboxer long block - ATLANTA
>Comments: To: Peach State Transporters
><peachstatetransporters@yahoogroups.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>I bought this years ago from a reputable Vanagon list member with hopes of
>rebuilding and putting it in my '84 Westy. It's been stored
>indoors. The heads are good and have been ceramic coated by the
>previous owner, hence no leaks. The rings are allegedly in need of
>replacement. 270K miles on the block and much less on the heads.
>
>$200 -- local pickup in Atlanta or I might be talked into local delivery
>for
>a beer and some good Vanagon/VW conversation.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris S.
>Now if this IS the Chris S that we are referring to I would guess that Mr.
>Fitz-Randolph and others who are experiencing display issues might need to
>look at their systems o determine how theil client and browser are set to
>display text. Because I can see nothing wrong on this end.
>
>This research was done on a Windows XP box using Firefox 3.0.1
>
>Mail Client: Outlook Express 6. Default settings.
>
>Duplicated on Macintosh G4 10.5.4, Mac Mail 3.0 and Camino browser.
>
>Now if it is a different "Chris S", then all of the above does not apply.
>If ALL users are having this problem, then it *might* be a server problem.
>If only a few, then I would tend to look at the individual client machines.
>
>After wasting half an hour of my employer's time, that's my thoughts.
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Now if this IS the Chris S that we are referring to I would guess that Mr.
>Fitz-Randolph might need to look at his system to determine how his mail
>client and browser are set to display text. Because I can see nothing wrong
>on this end.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug Fitz-Randolph" <fitzr@SUSCOM-MAINE.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:03 AM
>Subject: Illegible Messages
>
>
>Hi Frank,
>
>No, I'm not on AOL.
>
>I'm reasonably sure the problem occurs when the software on Gerry
>converts the message to ASCII text, which would happen when digesting or
>archiving.
>
>I noticed messages from Loren Busch also appear illegible.
>
>I don't rememember who the list admin is... Jim? Can they comment on
>this? Preferences for receiving email in digest form aside, I think this
>has negative implications for the future usefulness of archive searches.
>Maybe there is an update or patch that can be applied to the list
>software or server OS.
>
>- Doug
>
>>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:08:46 EDT
>>From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
>>Subject: Re: Illegible Messages
>>
>>Doug, same problem over here and it's not just Chris's messages. I
>>thought it was an AOL problem with the Digest. Are you on AOL ?
>
>
>
>>>>>Have you noticed that email from "Chris S" ends up looking like this?
>
>Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 06:51:57 -0400
>From: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Syncro buyers love rust?
>
>bCwKCkRpZCB5b3UgdHJ5IHRvIHNlbGwgeW91cnMgb24gZUJheT8gIFNvbWV0aW1lcyB0aGUg
>HQgY29tYmluYXRpb24gb2YKYmlkZGVycyB3aWxsIGJyaW5nIGhpZ2hlciBwcmljZXMuIEkg
>ZSBzZWxsaW5nIHRoZXJlLiAgOi0pCgoyMDA4LzgvMyBLYXJsIE11bGxlbmRvcmUgPGdyb3Vw
>ZXN0eXZlbnR1cmVzLmNvbT4KCj4gSmVlenV6Li4uSSBjYW4ndCBiZWxpZXZlIHNvbWVvbmUg
>ZCBvdmVyICQ0MDAwIGZvciBhIHBpbGUgb2YgcnVzdAo+IFN5bmNybyB3aXRoIGEgcG9w<<<<<
>
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Frank Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
>'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
>(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
>_Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
>- Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
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>camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15, 2008
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