?? linelength problem

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I sent an email round a mailing list with a URL inluded ( from
phpsurveyor - http://phpsurveyor.sourceforge.net/index.php)
some of the recipients have complained that the URL has been mangled
thoses with problems all seem to be using Outlook ( various versions
as far as i can tell)

the URL link should be

.....index.php?sid=1&token=xxxxxxx
and it gets displayed as
.....index.php?sid=3D1&token=3Dxxxxxxx
ie its put an extra 3D (assume its hex '=') after the equals sign.

1) why ?
2) how do i fix it - or tell the recipients to fix it
 
The 3D is usually an end of line character - are you using
quotable-printable encoding? You can fix it by changing your encoding.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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The 3D is usually an end of line character - are you using
quotable-printable encoding? You can fix it by changing your encoding.
Click to expand...

thanks - im a bit confused. Does this mean that its coming out as MIME but
outlook is expecting printable/quotable , or is it the other way around?
can i change the config in Outlook ?

what are the implicatins of cnahing the encoding for people who rent using
MS Outlook
 
in this case, I'm not really sure which side is screwed up - it could be the
list server. <g> Obviously, something is erroneously converting the = to
=3D. I'd try changing your encoding settings to see if it helps - if not,
blame the server. :)

I've seen similar problems on an lsoft hosted list and changing the encoding
helped.

BTW -which client are you using? I can't recall which client was used in the
situation I'm familiar with- I want to say Eudora but it could be Pegasus...
or something else. (Those two are the most popular among list members, after
outlook and express.)

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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BTW -which client are you using? I can't recall which client was used in
the situation I'm familiar with- I want to say Eudora but it could be
Pegasus... or something else. (Those two are the most popular among list
members, after outlook and express.)
Click to expand...

most are having no problem - the only reports Im getting of problems are
from those people using Outlook,so i suspect it only some configurations of
some versions of Outlook.

How do you change the encodong within the Outloook client ?
 
the problem is not within outlook- it's the sending client's configuration.
Outlook's encoding is set in tools, options, mail format - it should be
western european (iso) in most cases.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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