I've established this question in order to explore the capabilities of the messaging system itself. I'm working on building one, and if I can identify obvious problems, I can avoid them on mine...

-- Ian the Terrible (ian@iantheterrible.com), June 15, 1999

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I'm just checking to see if my posts show up at the top if I don't start the thread...

-N

-- never (never@mostly.com), June 17, 1999.

What happens if I stick a BOLD tag in here and don't close it? Will all text forever be bold?

-- Ian the Terrible (ian@iantheterrible.com), June 15, 1999.

Yes, it will. I guess I better shove an END BOLD tag in, eh?

-- Ian the Terrible (ian@iantheterrible.com), June 15, 1999.

Ah...That's better. It leaves the original entry bold, but it clears the tag before the next post starts. I wonder how they did that...

-- Ian the Terrible (ian@iantheterrible.com), June 15, 1999.

Every entry is in a <BLOCKQUOTE> tag - apparently the end of a <BLOCKQUOTE> cancels a <B> tag.

-- Ian the Terrible (ian@iantheterrible.com), June 15, 1999.

how exactly do hot links work here?

http://never.simplenet.com

never

-- never (never@diarist.net), June 21, 1999.