I don't know about the calamari, but the ampersands and equal signs are now things of the past! Thanks to Kevin for mentioning the cure in passing. This may mean that you might want to switch back to HTML for other messages, but I haven't scoped that out yet. Enjoy! Ben Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App -----Original Message----- From: Charles Cogar To: TWAIN-L Sent: March 9, 2014 at 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Typography test! Huzzah, huuzah! I sit out here on the sidelines wading through octothorpes, ampersands and equal signs translating the text between. Thanks to yous guys, those days are over! Charles Cogar Omaha, Nebraska -----Or Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Arianne Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 5:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Typography test! YEA! It worked. I'm so glad you stumbled upon the cure so that we can share it with others with the same problem. Arianne Laidlaw On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Ben Wise <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I hope you will excuse the intrusion, but after a recent > (inadvertently > offlist) exchange with Kevin Mac Donnell, I want to see if setting my > email preferences on plain text instead of html, as he does, will > eliminate the garbage characters, since his post was notably without > them. If it does, it may be the long-sought, if makeshift, solution to our typo woes. >> This is only a test. If I had anything meaningful to say I'd have > said it a long time ago. >> Ben > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58