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Re: Tab Expansion in E-mail

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From: Jeff Makey
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 00:33
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In article <1960003@hp-ptp.HP.COM> toddp@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Todd_Poynor) writes:
>If you have any thoughts on a simpler solution I welcome your suggestions.

People (not autonomous programs acting on behalf of people!) could
convert tabs to the appropriate number of spaces before they send
their mail.  I do this and it works wonderfully.

                           :: Jeff Makey

Department of Tautological Pleonasms and Superfluous Redundancies Department
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From: Makey@Logicon.COM (Jeff Makey)
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Subject: Re: Tab Expansion in E-mail
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Date: 1 Mar 90 00:33:37 GMT
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