William wrote:

> I don't know why my posts look like free verse.  I write in ordinary
sentences
> and paragraphs and when I see a copy of what I sent, it looks like freshman
> poetry. Any suggestions for fixing this?

What program are you using for writing a message to the list? Do you read the
list messages in a browser (Internet Explorer, for example) and reply online?
Or do you use a separate email program?

The "free verse" line breaks are caused by (1) the line breaks that your
outgoing program inserts into your message and (2) the line breaks in the
message that the list sends to us and back to you. If your outgoing message
has longer lines than the messages from teh list, then the lines will wrap
like you see.

Check the preferences in the program for outgoing messages. Select the option
to "wrap lines to window" or similar wording. That should prevent the program
from inserting unnecessary line breaks in your outgoing messages.

I think.

If the problems persist, then take Woody Allen's advice to himself about his
psychiatrist. If it doesn't work, go to Lourdes. :-)



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Michael Brady

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