From: eglebbk AT phys DOT uva DOT nl (Evert Glebbeek)
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Subject: Re: Request for assistance from real IT newbie
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 From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
 On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 18:25:49 +0200

>"=3D" is the quoted-printable method of sending the `=' character (3Dh
>is its ASCII code, and the leading = indicates that it is a
>quoted-printable character).  Quoted-printable is a way of sending
>mail with non-ASCII characters.  Although `=' is perfectly ASCII, it
>is encoded to prevent it from being confused with other characters
>encoded as =NN.
Aha. I was wondering why it showed both the`=' and the ASCII code.