From: "John Beamish" 

Oh, yes.  As I well remember from my grade 10 typing class with Mr. Long.
No markings on the keys which meant you _had_ to memorize them!

On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:22:57 -0500, Rich  wrote:

>    Underscores for italics are a convention that predates thunderbird.
> For one example, see
> http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Volunteers%27_FAQ#V.94._What_should_I
_do_with_italics.3F.
> From what I read it appears the convention goes back to the days of
> typewriters where italics were indicated by underlining the text.
>
> Rich
>

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