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On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 07:41:31 -0700, "Barbara McCrary"
<bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I use caps for emphasizing a word, not shouting.  If caps are considered 
> shouting, what is used to emphasize?  Please educate me.
>
> Barbara
As standard ASCII e-mail does not have boldface and italics as
options, we have to use other means.  Putting a word inside
*asterisks* is one substitution for italics.  Making a word or phrase
ALL-CAPS is one substitution for boldface.

I believe it is only "shouting" and poor ettiquette if it is done to
excess, such as whole paragraphs in uppercase.
-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.chiprider.com

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