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A thing I'd like to add next to line problem, is that email addresses given in the user profile are shown in the quoted text, when you reply.

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"Dave Brackett" <davebrackett@hotmail.com> wrote in message <gep87d$n6s$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
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 So all spam-prevention is probably needless except providing the wrong email address when setting a new account.

Bests,
Wolfgang  


"Dave Brackett" <davebrackett@hotmail.com> wrote in message <gep87d$n6s$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> oops spoke to soon.  it works find with google chrome but still problematic with IE. so is this something my end or matlab website's end? 
> 
> any ideas how to solve it? I guess I could use chrome all the time, but a lot of people will be using IE so it will probably be affecting many.
> 
> 
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> "Dave Brackett" <davebrackett@hotmail.com> wrote in message <gep7s1$jkg$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > ok well whatever it was it seems to be fixed now. and yes, it was the matlab central website forum newsgroup itself and not a 3rd party newsreader.
> > 
> > 
> > tristram.scott@ntlworld.com (Tristram Scott) wrote in message <yLTPk.14176$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