GARBAGE IN BODY OF EMAIL

[telomostro]

I use Eudora (V 7.1) as my email client and for about a week now I have been getting all buncha garbage such as this:
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and this

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=09<table style=3D"background-color:#FFFFFF;width:598px;" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFF=
F" border=3D"0" width=3D"598" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">
=09<tr>
=09=09<td style=3D"background-image:url(

http://img.constantcontact.com/lett=

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eat-x;background-color:#3d31ab;ih-name:;width:598px;" height=3D"110" bgcolo=
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I thought the problem was with Eudora and I switched over to Mozilla Thunderbird to find out I was having the exact same problem. I use IE 7 and someone told me that my problem could be with IE. I have tried to research the internet with no success. Can anyone give me an idea obut what is going on...?

 

[BadBigBen]

Sounds like HTML is turned off, or possibly corrupted on your machine...

check the Internet Connections (control panel) under EXTENDED (or EXPANDED) it is one of the TABS...

there under a long list of checkmarks, see if HTTP 1.1 has both checkmarks under USE HTTP 1.1 OVER PROXY and USE HTTP 1.1 are checked...

other than that I am not able to help any further... and sorry if the directions are not quite on par, since I use a foreign language and retranslating into english is not always correct...


Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[ArizonaGeek]

Looks like an attachment got embedded into the email. I have a friend that sends me stuff once in a while and for some reason his ISP (or maybe mine, I use gmail) embeds the attachment (either JPG, or PDF or the likes) in the email. I usually forward the email to my work account and use Outlook to open it. You might see if there was an attachment that was supposed to be in the mail and see how Eudora sees them.

Sorry I couldn't help further with fix but I'd be the cause is an attachment.

Cheers
Rob

The answer is always "PEBKAC!

 

[telomostro]

Yes under the "HTTP 1.1 Settings" both squares have a checkmark.
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As far as the attachment that got embedded that is probably what happened but now almost ALL the emails I get come full of that garbage amd sometimes the list of garbage is so long that when I try to scroll down the computer freaks out.

Remember now... this is something that started to happen all on its own, I did not change any settings

 

[BadBigBen]

does this happen with ALL emails? or just some?

if it is just some, then it is like AZ-Geek mentioned, that the sending ISP has jumbled them...

sorry, could not help further...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."