Setting up SMTP AUTH with pine, Earthlink suggests I "contact Linux Support" (OT)

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

I don't know why, but this email's title shows up with a subject line 
that includes a date, displayed roughly like so:

                    AUG
"... with pine, 18 Earthlink ...", except that the date is only about 
1.5 lines high.
                    1994

This only shows up in the subject line when viewed in the Inbox of 
Thunderbird version 1.0.7 (20050923). When I open the email, the subject 
line appears normally.

Please explain why this is happening. TIA.

Bill Horne