On 2026-02-25 at 11:58:02 UTC-0500 (Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:58:02 +0000)
Jason Davies <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:
Dear list,
This is going to be hard to describe because it is all about how
Mailmate renders text (I think)...
When I create a new paragraph in a Mailmate email I hit return twice.
I see a clear line between the paragraphs and it looks fine. This is
using Markdown, not plain text.
When people reply to me, their messages look fine too with healthy
paragraph spacing but my text below theirs (taken from my original
email) no longer has the extra white space. There are no gaps between
the paragraphs which makes it look very crowded. They are using
Outlook 99% of the time.
It has been over a decade since I used the Outlook+Exchange abomination
but I can still envision the little brag/warn at the top of a
well-spaced text email asserting that "extra" whitespace had been
removed.
I can't be absolutely sure what they are seeing but if they are seeing
it without paragraphs, that's just nasty and probably horrible for
anyone with visual issues or dyslexia. If I open these messages in
Outlook, the white space is missing there too so I think Outlook is
compressing the paragraphs somehow for all readers.
As it long has...
Is there something I can do to ensure that the paragraphing has
persistent white space? Adding a third return key doesn't appear to do
anything to change this (I imagine this is typical md/html behaviour).
Any ideas very welcome.
Lines with a space or tab on them? Maybe multiple spaces and tabs?
That's a PURE guess.
--
Bill Cole
[email protected] or [email protected]
(AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
Not Currently Available For Hire
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