Subject: ^R characters in incoming mail

From: Michael Pollak <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 14:14:19 -0400

This isn't specifically a Pine problem, but I thought somehow here might
know a workaround.  When people cut and paste text from Microsoft word
into their email program, it's often filled with ^R characters.  The
weirdest thing about them is that if you forward the message to yourself,
they disappear from the composing screen -- but once the message arrives,
there they are again.  Does anyone know how the senders can avoid sending
them, or how us receivers can remove them?  They aren't impossible to read
around, just a bit annoying.

Any and all help appreciated,

Michael

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Michael Pollak................New York [email-masked]

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From: Harry Slaughter <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 21:06:28 -0700

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Michael Pollak wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, J.Y.E. Tse wrote:
> 
> > 
> >   If you use Vi to compose e-mails, you can use this command to replace
> > all ^R's with nothing :
> > 
> > :%s/(control V)(control R)//g
> > 
> >   Hope this helps.
> > 
> > ----
> > J.Y.E. Tse
> > 
> > 
> 
> Can that command be used in Pine?

As he mentions, *if* you are using the Vi editor. If you aren't, you
*should* be. ; )

Harry