Re: Emphasis notation in plain-text mail (was Re: Server setup)

2021-06-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 05:36:39PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: If I'm not mistaken, if anything it's actually more of an ancestor; That's right. Quoting the original Markdown page[1]: the single biggest source of inspiration for Markdown’s syntax is the format of plain text email. [1]

Re: Emphasis notation in plain-text mail (was Re: Server setup)

2021-06-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/13/2021 04:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2021-06-13 at 17:30, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: ... Regarding the asterisks, I used them in many text to make emphasis, including in some text that go out in printed form. Started doing so when I was still in university and

Re: Emphasis notation in plain-text mail (was Re: Server setup)

2021-06-13 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-06-13 at 17:30, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-06-13 4:50 p.m., The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2021-06-13 at 16:42, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> >>> How do you make the text bold ? The * is enough ? >> >> You don't. How the text is rendered depends

Re: Emphasis notation in plain-text mail (was Re: Server setup)

2021-06-13 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-13 4:50 p.m., The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-06-13 at 16:42, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> How do you make the text bold ? The * is enough ? > > You don't. How the text is rendered depends entirely on the mail client > the person is using, and potentially on the

Emphasis notation in plain-text mail (was Re: Server setup)

2021-06-13 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-06-13 at 16:42, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > How do you make the text bold ? The * is enough ? You don't. How the text is rendered depends entirely on the mail client the person is using, and potentially on the configuration of that client. Some clients - including the one