Re: A modest proposal

I had always wondered about what you call plain text markup. So, now I 
know how to do it as well as why I should have.
But, on this list, I will now stick to 100 % straight plain text with no 
markup whatsoever.
However, thanks very much.
Regards
--schremmer

Juergen Fenn wrote:

> Alain Schremmer <Schremmer.Alain-H+0wwilmMs3R7s880joybQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> writes:
>
>  
>
> > (2) I am composing my messages in absolutely plain text with the very
> > rare exception of italics. Not html, not mime, no nothing.
> >    
>
> If you want to have italics displayed in a message, you should mark up
> text like this: /italics/, i.e. the word to be displayed in italics
> should be included in forward slashes at the start and at the end.
>
> Mozilla and Gnus are able to display plain text markup like /italics/,
> _underline_, or *bold face*.
>
> However, Mozilla does not send any multipart messages if you switch to
> plain text only in the compose options. Your compose window will not
> show any formatting icons, then. So if you still can see buttons for
> "I", "B", and "U" in your compose window your settings are not
> correct. 
>
> HTH.
> Juergen.
>
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