[plug] Russ's wrapping, was: Russ's fetchmail

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> OK, I've set it to 70 so now I will test it out. I guess I need a bit
> more to test it. OK.
>
1234567891123456789212345678931234567894123456789512345678961234567897123456
78981234567899
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>
> Is there an RFC for line length? ;)

Yup, there is indeed. The maximum supported line width for email is 1000
characters. Odd in a way since UNIX was one of the major OSs at the time it
was written, and almost no UNIX email clients handle long lines properly.
It's possibly the only thing that MickeySoft got right.

Paul

> The Thought Assassin wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, russ wrote:
> > > The Thought Assassin wrote:
> > > > Can you try to wrap your lines, Russ?
> > > Thought I did? Maybe longer than others?
> > Yes, you're right. They are wrapping at about a hundred or so.
> > 80 is the standard wrap length, but a little below that gives people
room
> > to indent quoted text - although I've never understood how that works if
> > one assumes that they are wrapping to the same width as you.
> >
> > -Greg Mildenhall
>
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