On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:27:37 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

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.


from: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/do-not-use-all-capitals.html

Also, a message written in all capitals is harder to read. In blocks
of text rendered in all capitals, words lose their "shape" because
they are all the same height. Each word becomes a uniform rectangle.
Most people read and quickly recognize words by looking at their
overall shape. We do not read by visualizing words one letter at a
time.

Capital letters are best left for their intended usage and, SPARINGLY
to emphasize a particular word or phrase.