Re: [Evolution] Strangeness with E-mails from Mac's

[Bill Chmura <bill explosivo com>]

I have noticed this phenomenon as you have described it also.  I have
not checked the same message in other email programs, but under outlook
(as of a few weeks ago) I never had this problem with either of the two
individuals.  I've been corresponding with them regularly for several
years.

Thanks


On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 07:14, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> Bill Chmura wrote:
>
> > Okay, I have noticed this happening twice, both times the emails were
> > sent from Mac users.  I am guessing its a Mac thing.
> >
> > Problem:  Spaces are missing between words occasionally.
> >
> > Theory:  That when the Mac sends out an email and forms the paragraph
> > into individual lines it does not add spaces on to the end, and then
> > evolution does not compensate, like outlook, and add them if they are
> > not there.  This is pure speculation.
>
> What do the same emails look like in another client?
>
> I speculate that this is actually Evo's fault: if you
> cut and paste several lines of text from an Evo message
> pane to some other app (say Emacs), you get exactly this
> effect. Lines are joined together with no intervening
> space and the pasted text is presented as one very
> long line.
>
> poc