OT: spacing of code in Google Groups

[Terry Reedy]

"JanC" <usenet_spam at janc.invalid> wrote in message 
news:Xns95D132B172343JanC at 213.118.32.224...
> I don't know if gmane keeps formating of messages intact when posting?
> That could be an alternative too...

Reading posts via gmane with Outlook Express preserves leading spaces just 
fine.  However, OE deletes tabs regardless of what newsgroup does.
    The funny thing is that typing a tab gets converted to 4 spaces.

Terry J. Reedy