Re: missing closing paragraph tags

I really doubt that. Can you provide a test link?
In IE 7, this page has closing tags:

http://svunet.org/advocacy/2009/0409_New-Mexico.html
this page does not:http://svunet.org/advocacy/2009/test_noclose.html
In my browser there is no space btw paragraphs in the file without closing
paragraph tags.

The only difference btw the two files is the lack, or not, of closing tags.
The closing <P> tags are not optional, if you want your page to perform
correctly in all browsers