Microsoft killed the ASCII-Art in Usenet newsgroups and emails

[We want ASCII art back!]

Composing a Usenet message (ie. text only) how can one
use a fixed width font (ie. a monospaced font like Courier)
in only a segment (for example in the signature) of the message?

For example for ASCII art and ASCII diagrams etc. by using fixed width font.

Is it possible to switch to a monospaced font in a otherwise proportional
font message, so that both get used in the message? And automatically
interpreted correctly at the other readers' machines, at least those using OE ?

No, HTML is no option in Usenet newsgroups; it has to be text only.

Ie. what is needed is a feature to specify (by the author of the message!)
which font the reader software automatically should use when it displays the message.

We want ASCII Art back!

 

[DL]

OL doesnt do newsgroups, OE does

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Ie. what is needed is a feature to specify (by the author of the message!)

which font the reader software automatically should use when it displays
the message.

they do - it's called html. (plus, this was posted to the wrong newsgroup -
outlook doesn't do nntp)