Re: making posts unreadable for google groupers?



On 2007-09-27, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Another one that works: see http://groups.google.com/group/alt.test/msg/59e76456a47bf106

? GG picks up the text colour but not the background colour,
which makes it unreadable on GG.
? Plain text newsreaders pick up neither colour.
? HTML-capable newsreaders pick up both colours.

{{quickly gets into flameproof suit}}

Googlers can see the text when they try to reply - and the replies are
displayed normally by Google.

<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1190898160.706026.154960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1190897573.982283.104460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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