From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!G:wing Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: explain funny symbols please Article-I.D.: populi.293 Posted: Thu Aug 12 09:31:00 1982 Received: Sun Aug 15 02:06:16 1982 Along with those funny symbols, you should see in the subject header "- (nf)". The "garbage" you see is actual stuff for the notesfile system to keep track of the news on a particular subject. Don't worry about them...