Bad HTML sabotage?

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This forum seems a bit too vulnerable to bad HTML postings that can terminate a thread. Here's one that is screwed up pretty bad if you catch it before the Sysops do.

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002LDh

-- Slobby Don (slobbydon@hotmail.com), January 17, 2000

Answers

I believe my post was the problem. I had composed it in Word and cut and pasted itto the forum twice !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry !!!

I used a hyphen when I should have used a left paren for the link. Sure does create a mess. I'll use my glasses next time

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 17, 2000.


They are mixing single and double quotes up. Sticky shift key?

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 17, 2000.

Shift key OK, sticky fingers the problem!!

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 17, 2000.


HTML doesn't kill people , people do!

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 17, 2000.

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