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...