On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Chris Anderson wrote:

> I disagree.  I find that it is very convenient to highlight a point in my
> email with an appropriate underline, or color it red, or bold it, etc.
> Communications is about getting your point across.  Whatever tools that you
> have to do that just makes your job the easier.

Well, I disagree with you for the very reasons you cite in your next
paragraph. Again, it just boils down to aesthetics.

>
> Why do you think that such conventions as *bold* or _underline_ or SHOUT or
> '> quoted text' came about?  They are workarounds to the limitations of
> 7-bit plan ascii text.
>

Hardly limitations if you ask me. Face it, 7-bit ascii text is going to be
here for a long long time.

Scotty
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