Formatting messages
Thank you, Fred.
I first attempted to format my messages in the Reply window,
and they appeared in the Preview window exactly as I had
formatted them, but after I posted them they had lost all the
formatting. I asked at Zeev's board for help and fishweed
pointed me to "/pre," which I have used now several times - to
format text, not tables as you point out. In my opinion there
should be better instructions and explanations given, and the
format as it appears in the Preview window should be
maintained when the message is posted.