Subj : The universe
To   : RALPH ZETTER
From : Curtis Johnson
Date : Fri Nov 03 2000 07:13 pm

 > 
 >  RZ> Why is it that some messages here seem formatted OK, but others are
 >  RZ> more choppy? I use 
 >  RZ> Netscape to get here through the web. How about you?
 > 
 >  Your messages are also one of the choppy ones, at least on
 > my screen (as you can see).
 >  There's several possible reasons for this.  First, some people
 > use proportional fonts instead of monotype fonts on their computer, 
 > 
 >  Another occurrence is someone who does use the monotype ASCII
 > characters with the 80-character limit, but who forgets that offline
 > readers insert initials, etc. on the left margin, and that much of
 > their text will be quoted at least once or even twice.  The simple
 > fix here is to simply set the R-hand margin to 68-72 characters.

 RZ> Hey thanks. I'll check into it. Maybe I can do something about it.

	Maybe Todd can do something about it as well.  I am getting a
bit tired of manually reformatting his lines, line by line, whenever I 
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