Strange Characters in an Email
 

This morning, I received a message forwarded to me. Where ever an
apostrophe should have appeared this combination of characters appeared
instead.

youâ?Tll

I think the word was to have been you'll. The exact same set of things
occurred in each contraction.

Can someone please explained what might be going on here?

Thank you very much.

Strange Characters in an Email
 

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:35:11 -0400, Jack Gillis wrote:

This morning, I received a message forwarded to me. Where ever an
apostrophe should have appeared this combination of characters appeared
instead.

youâ?Tll

I think the word was to have been you'll. The exact same set of things
occurred in each contraction.

Can someone please explained what might be going on here?

Thank you very much.

If some international character set is in force, sometimes you will see
strange ASCII characters for a message composed with an English
character set. Could have been composed with another national character
set, or you could be reading standard U.S. English with another national
character set selected for display.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Strange Characters in an Email
 

"N. Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:35:11 -0400, Jack Gillis wrote:

This morning, I received a message forwarded to me. Where ever an
apostrophe should have appeared this combination of characters appeared
instead.

youâ?Tll

I think the word was to have been you'll. The exact same set of things
occurred in each contraction.

Can someone please explained what might be going on here?

Thank you very much.

If some international character set is in force, sometimes you will see
strange ASCII characters for a message composed with an English
character set. Could have been composed with another national character
set, or you could be reading standard U.S. English with another national
character set selected for display.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Thank you very much.

I take it to mean the international set is in force at the senders end.
All messages other than just this one appear properly?

Thanks again.

Strange Characters in an Email
 

It's an issue with the sender.

It can also happen when the sender composes in MS Word with Smart Quotes
enabled, then does a copy/paste of the text into Outlook Express. It's
a mismatch between the character sets used in word and Outlook Express.

--

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


"Jack Gillis" wrote in message
...

"N. Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:35:11 -0400, Jack Gillis wrote:

This morning, I received a message forwarded to me. Where ever an
apostrophe should have appeared this combination of characters
appeared
instead.

youâ?Tll

I think the word was to have been you'll. The exact same set of
things
occurred in each contraction.

Can someone please explained what might be going on here?

Thank you very much.

If some international character set is in force, sometimes you will
see
strange ASCII characters for a message composed with an English
character set. Could have been composed with another national
character
set, or you could be reading standard U.S. English with another
national
character set selected for display.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Thank you very much.

I take it to mean the international set is in force at the senders
end. All messages other than just this one appear properly?

Thanks again.

Strange Characters in an Email
 

Thank you, Mike. That sounds like what might have happened here.


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
It's an issue with the sender.

It can also happen when the sender composes in MS Word with Smart Quotes
enabled, then does a copy/paste of the text into Outlook Express. It's a
mismatch between the character sets used in word and Outlook Express.

--

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


"Jack Gillis" wrote in message
...

"N. Miller" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:35:11 -0400, Jack Gillis wrote:

This morning, I received a message forwarded to me. Where ever an
apostrophe should have appeared this combination of characters appeared
instead.

youâ?Tll

I think the word was to have been you'll. The exact same set of things
occurred in each contraction.

Can someone please explained what might be going on here?

Thank you very much.

If some international character set is in force, sometimes you will see
strange ASCII characters for a message composed with an English
character set. Could have been composed with another national character
set, or you could be reading standard U.S. English with another national
character set selected for display.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Thank you very much.

I take it to mean the international set is in force at the senders end.
All messages other than just this one appear properly?

Thanks again.