How do I set vertical space between list items?

Question

Within a

element, clearly the vertical spacing between lines can be formatted with the line-height attribute.

My question is, within a

Answer 1

I would be inclined to this which has the virtue of IE8 support.

li{
    margin-top: 10px;
    border:1px solid grey;
}

li:first-child {
    margin-top:0;
}

JSFiddle