[plug] Word Wrapping - Was - re: User names

bk bk at bofh.ns.ca
Tue Jul 27 21:46:49 WST 1999


> > > I use MickeySoft stuff to handle mail, and it doesn't chop lines, sorry

So microsoft gives you no choice but to use their email client? The user
makes choice, not the OS.

> I've used and rejected Eudora thanks.  My Linux server isn't (yet) my
And you haven't rejected windows yet, too, I gather?
> gateway
> to the net, so that isn't an option either. Even if it was, Netscape
> wouldn't be
> my first choice - I'd far rather use elm!

I was reluctant to change from elm (because it is installed as per default
on everyone's machine so reading mail wouldn't be a hassle). mutt works
much better than elm and it's free.

> Basically, I think that for consistancy, the client end should be able to
> handle
> over length lines without trauma (there agin, I've *always* felt that about
> mail, news etc).

So we should be compliant to windows?

I'm starting to wonder why the hell do we have the CR key. Imagine C code
without CRs, that would be lovely to read and interpret.

-David (bk at bofh.ns.ca).


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