\class\mail\phpmailer\language\phpmailer.lang-fo.php was invalid
But I still got the weird text showing. So I tried the admin.php from the initial install of 2.3.0 and now no gibberish text...........but check sum fails for that file.
<table width="100%" cellspacing="1" align="center">
<{if $block.position == 1}>
<tr>
<{foreach item=pic from=$block.pics}>
<td align="center" class="odd" style="padding: 10px;vertical-align: middle;">
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/xcgal/<{$pic.link_tgt}>"><{$pic.image}></a><br />
<{$pic.caption}>
</td>
<{/foreach}>
</tr>
<{else}>
<{foreach item=pic from=$block.pics}>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="padding: 10px;vertical-align: middle;">
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/xcgal/<{$pic.link_tgt}>"><{$pic.image}></a> <br />
<{$pic.caption}>
</td>
</tr>
<{/foreach}>
<{/if}>
</table>