X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ed3d367692df35f5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-05 21:46:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialin12.pg13.hamburg.nikoma.DE!not-for-mail From: Philip Newton Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: FAQ: New to ASCII art? Read me first! Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 06:45:42 +0200 Organization: very little Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton" NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin12.pg13.hamburg.nikoma.de (213.54.52.12) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 999751574 5887535 213.54.52.12 (16 [11583]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:7330 On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 06:23:50 +0100, "David Palmer" wrote: > * If your first line starts with one or more spaces, stick a dummy line (such > as -- or .) above it, to prevent the spaces from being ignored by your news > program (this only applies to some news programs, and only to the first line > of the message). Maybe not a line starting with a '.' as some misconfigured newsreaders or news servers may either (a) think that line is the end of the post, or (b) add another dot in front of it. Commas are fine. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton 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.