Question Marks ? Appear in Sent Emails

Recently my sent messages when responded to have ? questiona marks throughout the email. At the end of lines etc.. has anyone experienced this problem - is there a setting that might cause this - I have had my email recipients comment asking me why these ? characters are imbedded in my emails.

I almost hate to use a ? in punctuation but that is my question.

Thanks

Imac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Feb 14, 2006 7:05 AM

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Feb 23, 2006 10:24 AM in response to Ernie Stamper

Thanks for the swift response, Ernie. Let me add this observation:

The character which Outlook places at the end of the sentence only appears if there's a space before the return. Using number symbol for space, here's what I send:
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Sentence 1.#

Sentence 2.

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What gets sent back from the Outlook user is:

Sentence 1.Â

Sentence 2.

The evidence is that the combination of space and return causes this random character; and the suspicion is that double spaces trigger the question mark. Simple, though unsatisfactory, solution: don't have a space before a return, and don't use double spaces.

In response to your question, my prefs in Mail prefs / Composing : Responding are:
Use same message format as original message : Unchecked
Quote text of original message: Checked
Increase quote level: checked
When quoting text in replies or forwards: Include all of the original message

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Question Marks ? Appear in Sent Emails

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