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Willie Wong wrote: |
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> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:16:05PM -0600, Penguin Lover Dale squawked: |
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>> This is my two cents. Since when someone comes here and posts a html |
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>> message they get told not to use html anyway, why not let them know |
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>> beforehand that html is not the "norm" on this list? I don't think it |
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>> would hurt to put that on the website where the mailing lists subscribe |
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>> info is and also in the email that confirms the subscription. I |
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>> wouldn't mind seeing that part in bold or something in the email to make |
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>> sure it is seen. I suspect this would solve a lot of problems in the |
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>> long run. |
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> Uh... so how will you put something in "bold" in an e-mail without |
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> HTML? And if you do use HTML, is it not hypocritical to tell the |
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> users, in bold nontheless, that they should not? |
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> ;p |
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> W |
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Some mail readers convert *asterisks* as bold statements. I believe it |
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is the generally accepted way to make a section stand out when dealing |
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with plain text. |
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