>     The subscribe listname  etc. gets me a completely botched, wrapped
>     around format - regardless of double-spacing, triple spacing or
>     anything else.
>
>                      Ready to leap off the cliff,
>                      Trista

Have you tried:

.FO OFF

Type in your text
   in the format you prefer, then

.FO ON

???

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