From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/59883 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus does not format my spam correctly! Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:57:45 +0900 Message-ID: <87acpwkv0m.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <874qg5m8qf.fsf@codesourcery.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109116513 10104 80.91.229.2 (22 Feb 2005 23:55:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:55:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M8424@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Feb 23 00:55:13 2005 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D3jrl-0006OC-Oj for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:54:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1D3juz-000820-00; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:58:17 -0600 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1D3juv-00081v-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:58:13 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D3jut-00016S-5F for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:58:11 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1D3jus-0005si-00 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:58:10 +0100 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1D3jrB-0006IB-Eq for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:54:21 +0100 Original-Received: from yokohama2-61-203-152-233.ap.0038.net ([61.203.152.233]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:54:21 +0100 Original-Received: from miles by yokohama2-61-203-152-233.ap.0038.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:54:21 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: yokohama2-61-203-152-233.ap.0038.net System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:uxATG7+67sWM6U7+mFpZlWiqRi0= X-Spam-Score: -4.7 (----) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu X-MailScanner-From: ding-owner+m8424@lists.math.uh.edu X-MailScanner-To: ding-account@gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59883 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59883 Zack Weinberg writes: > The vertical bars were presumably intended to line up neatly, forming > a nice little table, but the spaces are too wide, or the horizontal > lines are too short, or both. Confusion over which characters are > double-wide and which are single? Are the fonts not really > fixed-width? Inquiring minds, &c. I think the people making this sort of thing are not usually well versed with the notion of "quality" or "testing"; it may have looked OK on their model XYZ word-processor but completely screwy to _everyone_ who receives it. I note that you sent it in UTF-8; was that the coding system used in the original spam? -Miles -- o The existentialist, not having a pillow, goes everywhere with the book by Sullivan, _I am going to spit on your graves_.