[GNC] Mail formatting

[Eric Coates]

Geert

My sincere apologies.

Also, my thanks to both you and Derek for taking the time to explain 
what's going on with the formatting.

As I've always claimed - when you're as ignorant as I am it's easy to 
learn new things. But only if I have someone willing (and patient 
enough) to teach.

Again, thanks

Eric

On 13/05/2019 20:08, Geert Janssens wrote:
> (It's Geert by the way)


> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Hmm, I should have remembered that if I'm cc'd I get your original message
> rather than the mailing list's. So of course I saw your html markup, while
> others on the list wouldn't.
> 
> As Derek says, our mailing list software strips off html from a mail. Or in
> some more detail, when you write an e-mail your e-mail program will create two
> versions of what you write:
> - one with all the html markup you added
> - one in plain text
> The one in plain text is made to resemble the html version as closely as
> possible. Some mail clients simply strip all the markup, others replace it
> with symbolic pseudo-markup (like the asterisks or slashes). What these
> replacements are depend on your mail client.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op maandag 13 mei 2019 11:28:24 CEST schreef Eric Coates:
>> Hi Gert
>>
>> For you (and other list recipients) perhaps but ...
>>
>> In your response you included my message; on my system I see *bold* with
>> the letters in bold  and /italic/ with the letters in italic - almost
>> but not quite completely the same as you can see below. (I've
>> deliberately avoided using quotes marks around the offending texts
>> fearing they'd get messed with).
>>
>> And, the message you sent (duplicated below) on the copy I'm looking at
>> is in blue.
>>
>> Oh well, it's another week and there'll be other challenges.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Eric
> 
> 
>