MArtin wrote:
> unfortunately it is set by
> avast and i don't know of a way to change it.

Avast's configuration for the email/news sig-ish ad trailer is in
Configure shield settings/ Mail shield/ Add a signature to the end of
sent mails - uncheck

There's an article about exim and smtp.gmail.com that claims to be last
edited 2019 Jul, but all its references are much much older

http://www.fyzix.net/index.php?title=Installing_and_Configuring_Exim4_for_Gmail
_SMTP_Relay
  Installing and Configuring Exim4 for Gmail SMTP Relay  This page was
last edited on 30 July 2019, at 19:59.

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