Re: ATM Re: Answers Anyone?

[Bill McHale <wmchal1@umbc.edu>]

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 Atmj1@aol.com wrote:

> Hello to all:
> 
> I have 3 questions. 
> 
> Sometimes people will send in articles that have been saved in ASCII, which,
> of course, is the "universal" computer language. However, over the years my
> take on the "universe" has changed.
> 
> 1) These days, when someone sends me an email in ASCII, each line is ended
> with an " = "sign.  And, with time being as tight as it is, it is really
> difficult to sit down and go through every line of text in these longer
> articles IF there is a way around it. I am using Word 97 - PLEASE advise.
>

Your using Word 97 for email?  Also I am not sure if I understand the
problem.  Are you saying that where a line should end you get an = and
then it continues printing the next line on the same line?

If that is indeed the case, then I can think of two alternatives (but mind
you my perferred os is UNIX and I use ASCII mail programs (I actually
think it is poor etiquette to send non-ASCII email.  If one needs to send
non-ASCII data, I think it is better just to attach a file)).  The first
is to switch to a more capable mail program, Netscape Communicator's email
program is fairly sophisticated, and its free (presuming you don't already
have Netscape).  The other possibility is a small script (visual basic
perhaps?  I am not sure what the best scripting language is in Windows)
could be written to correct the problems with the text when it is
received.

Hope that helps.

Bill

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