Plain text indication of bold, underline, italic, etc.

Use underscore characters at the beginning and end of the _underlined passage_.
Use asterisks at the beginning and at the end of *the passage you want to put in bold face*.
Put a slash character before and after the /italicized passage/.

Examples:
_Underlined_
*Bold*
/Italicized/

Sources:
Underlining in Plain Text Email Messages
Email Netiquette Tips, Tricks and Secrets

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2 Responses to “Plain text indication of bold, underline, italic, etc.”

  1. sam Says:
    2008-04-24 at 9:19 am | Reply

    Hi,

    I looking for some source (RFC or whatever) to know where this syntax comes from.

  2. dcrossmier Says:
    2008-05-27 at 6:20 pm | Reply

    I am a computer professional and educator for quite a while and have been using them for plain text email for years. Here are the references I knew of.

    http://email.about.com/od/netiquettetips/qt/et070205.htm
    http://ed.mullen.home.comcast.net/Mozilla/moz_stext.html
    http://email.about.com/od/netiquettetips/Email_Netiquette_Tips_Tricks_and_Secrets.htm

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