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This is a subject that has been aggravating many recipients
of email from users who are AOL subscribers. The problem
is that AOL causes question marks to be randomly inserted
into the text when viewed by non-AOL users. This is most
annoying when viewing posts to these Mailing Lists. It
also shows up in private posts, depending on the email
browser being used by the recipient.
As many (including me) have suspected, it is a problem with
the AOL users' configuration within the AOL email program.
When AOL upgraded hardware and software recently, the
changes caused some problems with AOL users' configuration
settings.
J. Young posted a "fix" for this problem on the Listowners
Mailing List and any of you who are AOL users should
follow the instructions and make sure you have the proper
settings.
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On the AOL's WEB MAIL on the Mail Page, behind the
words "AOL Mail" ,in very small print, is a link to "Settings."
Use the following steps:
1. Click on "Settings".
2. Look below the "Back to Mail" button; there is a list that
includes: General, Accounts, Compose, Spam Controls,
Calendar, Instant Messenger.
3. Click on "Compose".
4. From the resulting list, REMOVE the check mark from in
front of "Use Rich Text/HTML Editing".
5. Click on the "tab" for "SAVE".
6. Then Click on "Back to Mail".
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Please make correction if you are going to post to one of the
Mailing Lists at Rootsweb. (As a matter of fact, until AOL
"fixes" the problem, I would suggest that you make the change
for all your emails, because I've received personal email from
AOL users where those dang question marks show up randomly
all over the text. It makes reading the text extremely difficult.)
Regards,
Sarge
(George W. Durman)
List Administrator