--- tamtam/tamtam2socialtext.pl	2007/12/12 12:48:42	6
+++ tamtam/tamtam2socialtext.pl	2007/12/12 13:09:29	7
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 	$body =~ s/'''(.+?)'''/surround('*',$1)/gse;
 	$body =~ s/''(.+?)''/surround('_',$1)/gse;
 
+	$body =~ s/^\s+([\*])/$1/gm;
+
 	Encode::_utf8_off( $body );
 
 	my @tags = ( 'TamTam' );