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[SpamCop-List] Re: Checking if a friend is blacklisted?

Mike Easter MikeE at ster.invalid
Sat Apr 9 16:05:58 EDT 2005


Porpoise wrote:
> "Mike Easter"

>>> Xris wrote:
>>>> That /very/ (slash-very-slash) above looks like a mess of
>>>> dots in Thunderbird. :(

>>> 'enhancements' in which slashed words are italicized, asterisked
>>> words are bolded, underline embraced words are underlined.

> So, going back to the original question......... Perhaps the person
> who used /very/ *meant* it to be italicised, not bolded.......?????

No, Xris was 'complaining' because it, the slashed word, turned into a
mess of dots.

But I don't know why hir Tbird is different than the Tim's Tbird.  But,
part of what I trimmed from the snippaged post was a different function

<different snippage of the same mid before>
> Using the underscore before and after text will generally be
recognized as _italicizing_ the text.  Using the "*" character before
and after text will be seen as *bold*.  All caps is SHOUTING.
</different>

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin



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