Ever wondered why some messages (mainly from me) seem to be signed with the letter ‘J’ every few sentences?  Wonder no more – Microsoft has the answer.  It’s a smiley face which is mistranslated across systems.  I’ve been known to use more than a few smiley faces in my e-mails (it’s a habit I picked up over 20 years ago) so if you’ve seen a whole bunch of Js in my e-mails you’ll know why.

(You probably won’t see the ‘J’ if both your and the recipients systems are recent versions of Micorosft Exchange and Outlook.

Here’s more information on the issue:

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/05/23/604741.aspx

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