Clear emoticon 8-; (tung in cheek with sunglasses) for sarcasm. Probable emoticon in your example :-( for frustration with someone who did not read one page of the fine manual. The emotion was not sarcasm or incredulity, and the purpose is the same.
WJhonson@aol.com wrote in message news:c68.497344fe.36f7f1db@aol.com... (...)
p.s. Sometimes I have use "*" for [an oppositional] purpose and I've seen other's do it as well. It's much easier than trying to underline or bold some phrase.
_______ Fools talk about [this noise]. I like talking about [[moderated stuff]].