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From: tristram.scott@ntlworld.com (Tristram Scott)
Subject: Re: blank lines being removed from posts
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Paul Mennen <nospam@mennen.org> wrote:
>> I'm not noticing that.
>> What newsreader are you using?
>> Here's a test.  There is a blank line above and below this line.
>> 
>> Blank line above me and below me.
>> 
>> Blank line above me and below me.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> ImageAnalyst
> 
> Ok, here is another data point.
> There are obviously blank lines where you say there is because in the
> quoted text that appeared when I hit reply, you can see the blank lines
> (above). However when I look at the original message in the thread, I don't
> see the blank lines. So this confirms the complaint of the original poster
> who is probably using the mathworks web site to read the newsgroup (as do
> I). I'm guessing those who use a traditional newsreader won't see the
> problem.

You guess correctly.  tin is my newsreader of choice, and has been for
around two decades.


> 
> I'm confident someone at The Mathworks will be interested in fixing this
> problem.
> 

I'd much prefer that they concentrated on MATLAB itself.  

(Previous and next lines both intentionally left blank, just to tease.)

-- 
Dr Tristram J. Scott               
Energy Consultant