badmessageformattingfromhalliday

[David Halliday (Volt Computer)]

> It's true man...  I see the name up at the top and I immediately
> think, "Oh my god, it's Halliday, now I've got to spend 15 minutes
> pouring over the message trying to figure out from the context which
> part is him talking and which part is someone else."  It can be really
> funny if you're in a heated disagreement.  :-)
> 
> 
> **********
> How's this?
> **********
> 
> I hadn't really noticed the Microsoft part of the address though... 
> (no, I'll stop, it's just too easy)
> 
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> 
> **********
> Please go on - we can use the ammunition for our next bash the (insert
> favorite non-Wintel platform of choice ) meeting.  <grin>
> **********
> 
> 
> 
> But seriously, there's gotta be a way to make it easier to read your
> stuff.
> 
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> 
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> The editing and message tools are set up to provide different fonts
> and to use a >quoting character but they seem to be stripped out
> somewhere...  Maybe on this end, I don't know...
> I do know that many mail readers operate in text-mode only but this
> should be dealt with by the >> quoting.
> I subscribe to some other lists - one of which I know is Linux hosted
> and this is not a problem there.
> I will use: ********** to seperate my comments from the original
> postings...
> I had been using extra lines but this still can be confusing.
> **********