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From: Philip Newton <pne-news-20011220@newton.digitalspace.net>
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Subject: Re: ascii and email
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:48:34 +0100
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 05:13:01 +0100, "CeeJay"
<usenet@ceejay.cjb.REMOVEnet> wrote:

> 
> "Forgraphics" <forgraphics@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20011219201843.10883.00000103@mb-cc.aol.com...
> > I went to the ascii dictionary someone listed on here and found a few things i
> > liked, i just wanted a few happy birthday things with girls or whatever for a
> > friend who has the internet but can not see embedded objects, it will be his
> > birthday tomorrow. But when i try to copy paste the ones i like to an email
> > they do not work right, they look all smashed together. Is there a simple
> > solution to this?
> 
> Copy to notepad first and then copy to your mailprogram

And use a fixed-width font for your mailprogram and make sure the
recipient does so, too :)

(Or use HTML mail, if the recipient doesn't mind, and specify a
fixed-width font such as Courier New.)

Cheers,
Philip
-- 
Philip Newton <nospam.newton@gmx.li>
That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.