On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:11:41 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:20:31 -0500, Jack wrote:

Perhaps, but in newsgroups, the correct method of emphasizing text is
capitalization of said text. Bold/underlined and so on doesn't work, so
capitalization it is.

Bold does work in most news readers. Just surround a word or a phrase
with asterisks *like this*.

Bold doesn't work in one of the largest and best readers, Agent.
-dashes-, _underscores_, and /slashes/ can also be used for emphasis.

Multiple exclamation points and question marks show the naiveté of the
user.

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