That looks like some HTML scripting.

Have you set OE to Read All Messages In Plain Text (Tools, Options,
Read)? If so, it could be that OE is confused by the HTML and doesn't
properly convert to plain text for viewing. You can try turning of the
plain text setting or for a quick workaround for the current message,
press ALT+Shift+H

If that doesn't help you may send me one of the problem messages and
I'll take a look at it. It's best if you zip the message so that I get
an exact copy of it. To do that, do a File, Save As to an EML file of a
problem message. Then Right click the saved EML file and select Send
To, Compressed (zipped) folder. Then e-mail me the resulting ZIP file.
Alternately, you can do a Message, Forward As Attachment of a problem
message. This is not as good as the zip file since the headers can be
modified in transit which may obscure the problem. A simple Forward is
worthless since it does not include the headers.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Steve T" wrote in message
...
My brothers, who runs Thunderbird; e-mail has been showing up with
this garbage in the body when I receive it:

!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-- !--[endif]--

!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-- !--[endif]--

!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-- !--[endif]--



It is the same when he just forward's to me or my son. If he copy's
and paste's, the same thing happens. Not always, but most of the time.

At which end is this garbage originating from? This is throughtout the
body of the received e-mail, not just in one spot. And it just started
lately. Any ideas?

Thank you, Steve T.