Hi Martyn The lute list converts all text to plain text. No fonts, no font sizes, no colors, and some non-North-American letters get garbled. This is done while removing any possible viruses from the message. It is also because in the past HTML formatted messages confused many people.
If you want to keep your message clear I recommend that firstly you delete any text that isn’t relevant. This is important as otherwise a person can get confused reading the message with replies. Many people are too lazy to clean up their messages. Secondly I recommend that you separate thoughts and paragraphs with a blank line. The blank lines between paragraphs will stay with most mail readers. When you reply to a message, that message has been formatted by the list robot, by the original senders email program, and by your program. As your conversation goes back and forth these three processes interact in strange ways and add more and more layers to the message. So it really helps if you take the time to clean up the formatting and delete unnecessary text each time you reply. I know this interferes with the feeling of being in the moment which is so important to computer gamers, but it makes the results a lot more readable. Wayne To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
