Markdown support in the MS Office suite and SMTP clients would be gold.
MD supports check boxes, collapsible blocks of text, code formatting, etc.

- KB

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On Friday, November 5th, 2021 at 10:21 PM, Bob Bridges <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> One thing (perhaps the only thing) that I like about Lotus Notes over MS 
> Outlook -- and those are the only two ever available at a client site -- is 
> its ability to create "expandable" paragraphs. When I want to pack a lot of 
> information into a single email, I can create "optional" paragraphs led by a 
> header in bold, then hide that section. If my boss wants to know "Why It 
> Happened", he can click on that header and read the history of the problem; 
> otherwise he can ignore it and read only "How We Can Fix It". Or whatever.
>
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>
> Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313
>
> /* I'll tell you what kind of guy I was: If you ordered a boxcar full of 
> sons-of-bitches and opened the door and only found me inside, you could 
> consider the order filled. -Robert Mitchum */
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of Tom 
> Brennan
>
> Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 11:12
>
> I do that sometimes with multiple items, or at least put each item on a 
> single line. I remember one time where (yes I was being a jerk) I had so much 
> trouble with a particular person I emailed them a URL to a quick web page I 
> made with check boxes and input fields. I was surprised it worked!
>
> --- On 11/4/2021 10:24 PM, kekronbekron wrote:
>
> > On covering multiple things in a mail, I often find that listing numbered 
> > things help.
> >
> > Even if something is missed, you can just ask, what about #2, for example.
>
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