--- title: "Why the Epstein Files are full of = signs" url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-epstein-files-are-full-of-signs-x0nz4as78 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Fws6mE-BA type: video:youtube source: "ThePrimeTime" published: 2026-02-16T19:59:31.753Z updated: 2026-02-16T19:59:46.998Z reading_time: 1 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why the Epstein Files are full of = signs **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Equal signs appearing in old emails are artifacts from quoted-printable encoding defined in RFC 2045 from 1996. This MIME encoding standard requires line breaks every 76 characters using an equal sign followed by carriage return and line feed. When email decoders fail to properly process these soft line breaks during their second pass, the equal signs remain visible in the text instead of being removed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What’s up with all those equals signs anyway?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway--9tqijqwnz) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop Sending Me Your Errors](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-sending-me-your-errors-a1jx2ivit) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-epstein-files-are-full-of-signs-x0nz4as78)