Article on effective communication and formatting Internet mail messages

Internet mail has traditionally contained only plain text. You have few tools at hand to enhance the appearance of a text message, but here are some examples of what you can do:

CAPITAL LETTERS CAN BE USED FOR HEADINGS

Leading spaces can be added to indent a line

-Special characters can be used as bullets,

Or for underlining.

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Text boxes can be drawn using = sign

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While any E-mail system will be able to deliver your message intact if you stick to plain text, consider that the process of converting from one system to another may introduce extra spaces or characters that may mess up the alignment of text in your document.

If you draw pictures, keep them small.
Send a test message to someone else to see how it looks.
The message may be displayed differently on different systems.

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