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|    Anton Shepelev to Matt Bedynek    |
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|    06 Jul 16 14:42:06    |
      Matt Bedynek:              AS>> This line has a zero indent.       AS>> This -- an indent of one symbol       AS>> two symbols       AS>> three symbols       AS>> four symbols       MB> Are you using TAB (Chr 9) to indent?              No, the ASCII space. TAB is a control character whose ef-       fect depends on the client and the settings thereof.              MB> It might help to inspect the message as a HEX dump.       MB> When I inspect a message psoted via this reader into an       MB> area I see it display correct.              In the cache of my newsreader, the indents originally made       using the ASCII space (0x20) are all incremented by the same       symbol.              MB> I will indent these lines using TABs:       MB>       MB> Test       MB> Test1       MB> Test2       MB> Test3              Displayed correctly on my side.              MB> I will indent these lines using spaces:       MB>       MB> Test       MB> Test2       MB> Test3              Well, I qouted the way I percieve it.              ---        * Origin: *** nntp://fidonews.mine.nu *** Finland *** (2:221/6.0)    |
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