Took the words out of my mouth. I had to dig around, but I found the Netiquitte RFC. Section 2.1.1 http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
This was really required reading back in the day. I can remember reading it over my 2400 baud :) -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, September 15, 2003, 3:18:11 PM, you wrote: MT> Plain text certainly does *NOT* have to be like speaking in a monotone. MT> ^^^^^ MT> There have been standard conventions for emphasizing text in email/usenet MT> for ages. MT> -- MT> Mosh Teitelbaum MT> evoch, LLC MT> Tel: (301) 942-5378 MT> Fax: (301) 933-3651 MT> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MT> WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:14 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: (Admin) List upgrades >> >> >> John Wilker wrote: >> > >> > Plain text is like speaking in a monotone. There is no emphasis >> on concepts, >> > ideas, etc.. I can't stand trying to get something across when >> I don't even >> > have Bold to work with :) >> >> Considering there is a better tag for EMphasis as Bold, I think >> you have just explained why HTML is a bad thing with the current >> state of email clients. >> >> Jochem >> >> >> MT> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
