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Subject: Re: blank lines being removed from posts
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:24:01 +0000 (UTC)
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ok well whatever it was it seems to be fixed now. and yes, it was the matlab central website forum newsgroup itself and not a 3rd party newsreader.


tristram.scott@ntlworld.com (Tristram Scott) wrote in message <yLTPk.14176$eT6.3236@newsfe28.ams2>...
> 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