Fwd: Re: formatting and addresses

[Steve Lamb]

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On Sat, 03 Jul 1999 07:28:09 -0700 (PDT), Bill Wood wrote:

>Actually, I do understand your point. I guess I don't understand the 
>importance of the quoting. I usually don't answer email a couple of 
>lines at a time. It's just not my way.

    It should be.  Trimming is considered a good thing.  Quote only what you
need, discard the rest.  That is why I cringe at people who write, then have
quotes at the bottom.

>Be that as it may, I do believe that if you want to fit inside of 
>people's readers on a 3-sigma basis you'd better use something 
>shorter than 72 characters. When I send hard wrapped msgs I use 56 
>characters.

    The standard is an 80 character display.  I set my wrapping for 78
characters.  Since I can reflow easily in the editors I choose to use, this
has never been a problem.  The 72 figure was to allow some characters (~6)
for people to quote effectively.  I feel that reflowing editors have removed
that restricted.  And, for those who do use reflow editors, it is.

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