In article , J. P. Gilliver
(John) wrote:


*harry newton* is known to many of us the nymshifting, cross posting,
insulting troll also known as, *Aardvark*, *AArdvarks*, *Tomos Davies*,
*Chaya Eve*, *Roy Tremblay*, *Blake Snyder*, *Lionel Muller*, *Stijn De
Jong*, *John Harmon*, *Martin Chuzzlewit II*, *Raymond Spruance III*,
*Algeria Horan*, *Horace Algier*, *Karl Schultz*, *Conradt*, *Henning
Schröder*, *Liam O¹Connor*, *Alphonse Arnaud*, *Danny DiAmico*, *VinnyP*,
*Juan Camilo Blanco*, and many more. So you can anticipate his reappearance
soon, clad in a fresh sock.

I haven't seen any of those. (Why all the asterisks? And do you have
this as a file, ready to post?)

the asterisks are for bold.

does your newsreader not support *bold* /italic/ and _underline_ ?