1. RDS DISPLAY PROBLEM
There is something wrong with the way RDS is displaying
e-mails. I just went to the e-mail database and looked up
something that I had posted previously on euform. I have
never had equal signs displayed through out my messages
in the past. When I found this message it had =20 and
other = signs through out. This is something that RDS
is inserting when it displays messages and is very
annoying when the information is important to you.
Bernie
2. Re: RDS DISPLAY PROBLEM
- Posted by Nickofurr at aol.com
May 15, 2004
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I am having te same thing happen to me, although I read trhre messages using
E-Mail, with AOL, so that might be the problem. However, I do know that =20
might have been %20, but somehow the % sign got changed to an = sign. The code
'%20' stands for a space in HTML. Please help me with the pronblem. Also,
does anyone else have the problem?
Good luck,
Nick
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8040" face="Times New Roman"
color=#ffff00>I am having te same thing happen to me, although I read trhre
messages using E-Mail, with AOL, so that might be the problem. However, I
do know that =20 might have been %20, but somehow the % sign got changed to an =
sign. The code '%20' stands for a space in HTML. Please help me
with the pronblem. Also, does anyone else have the problem?</FONT></DIV>
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color=#ffff00>Good luck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8040" face="Times New Roman"
color=#ffff00>Nick</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
3. Re: RDS DISPLAY PROBLEM
Bernie Ryan wrote:
> There is something wrong with the way RDS is displaying
> e-mails. I just went to the e-mail database and looked up
> something that I had posted previously on euform. I have
> never had equal signs displayed through out my messages
> in the past. When I found this message it had =20 and
> other = signs through out. This is something that RDS
> is inserting when it displays messages and is very
> annoying when the information is important to you.
For many years on this list, dating back to before we
used Topica, or had ListFilter, we have all observed
that certain people will sometimes have = replaced by = 3 D
and will also have = 2 0 inserted in places in their messages.
You may have noticed recently that there are no more
= 3 D's appearing. That's because RDS (ListFilter)
is scanning for them and fixing them. I decided not
to delete "=20" because that could be a legitimate
part of a Euphoria statement.
So if you see any more =20's, it's just something
to do with the poster's own e-mail settings, or
maybe something that happens as mail is transferred
over the Net. It's not something that RDS is doing.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
4. Re: RDS DISPLAY PROBLEM
On 15 May 2004, at 12:04, Nickofurr at aol.com wrote:
>
> I am having te same thing happen to me, although I read trhre messages
using
> E-Mail, with AOL, so that might be the problem. However, I do know that
=20
> might have been %20, but somehow the % sign got changed to an = sign.
The code
> '%20' stands for a space in HTML. Please help me with the pronblem.
Also, does
> anyone else have the problem?
Yes.
Kat
> Good luck,
> Nick
>
>
> >HTML>>HEAD>
> >META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
> charset=US-ASCII"> >META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400"
name=GENERATOR>>/HEAD>
> >BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-
COLOR: #ff0000">
> >DIV>>FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8040" face="Times New
Roman"
> color=#ffff00>I am having te same thing happen to me, although I
read trhre
> messages using E-Mail, with AOL, so that might be the problem.
However, I
> do know that =20 might have been %20, but somehow the % sign got
changed to an =
> sign. The code '%20' stands for a space in HTML.
Please help me
> with the pronblem. Also, does anyone else have the
problem?>/FONT>>/DIV>
> >DIV>>FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8040" face="Times New
Roman"
> color=#ffff00>>/FONT> >/DIV> >DIV>>FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8040"
> face="Times New Roman" color=#ffff00>Good luck,>/FONT>>/DIV>
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> style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8040" face="Times New Roman"
> color=#ffff00>Nick>/FONT>>/DIV>>/BODY>>/HTML>
>
>
>
>
5. Re: RDS DISPLAY PROBLEM
If the e-mail is
then
If the RECIPIENT'S MAIL program can't handle
quoted-printable (many older ones can't),
( NOTE: RDS and TOPICA are the RECIPIENTS )
the message will look peculiar with all the equal
signs and hexadecimal encoding.
So when you DECODE the e-mail and put it in
in Database or put it on the Web Page this
is where it is coming from.
Goto this site and it explains about the problem
this will cause equal 3D's and equal 20's ETC.
http://nihlibrary.ors.nih.gov/Relais/mime.htm
Bernie
6. Re: RDS DISPLAY PROBLEM
On Sat, 15 May 2004 12:13:42 -0700, Robert Craig
<guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
>You may have noticed recently that there are no more
>= 3 D's appearing. That's because RDS (ListFilter)
>is scanning for them and fixing them.
Yes, I've certainly noticed a marked improvement.
Last year I wrote a "clipboard unmangler" which I used to use several
times a day. Can't recall using it for ages now.
> I decided not
>to delete "=20" because that could be a legitimate
>part of a Euphoria statement.
Just a suggestion:
If any part of the message contains an "= 3 d" then it should be safe
to replace any "= 2 0" with space (but not of course when you replace
"= 3 d 2 0" with "= 2 0").
Conversely, (and probably somewhat more reliably) if any message
contains "==" (or in fact an = followed by any other than 0..9/a..f),
then you can be pretty sure it is not quoted printable encoded.
Am I wrong?
Maybe if someone deliberately adds "==" to their message/sig it could
be used to force this to be correctly resolved? (Since "= 3 d = 3 d" I
think could only be part of a valid Euphoria program inside a string
or a comment.)
Regards,
Pete
