Text wrapping?

[Steve Lamb]

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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:05:22 -0400, Jonathan B. Bayer wrote:

>Sending mail with unwrapped lines would be used if the recipient's
>e-mail client will wrap the text inside a window.  This can be the best
>way for many e-mails.

    Actually, it is not.  Because now when the person replies with quotes the
quote marker is on the beginning of the line and you get the alternating line
problem you describe below.  A whole paragraph with one quote marker at the
top.

>Sending mail with wrapped lines is usually the best way for most
>people.  However, if the wrapping is just a bit too long for the
>recipient's window then the recipient will end up with alternating
>lines of long text followed by very short text lines.

    Convention is 72-78 characters at the time of sending.  If they have a
window smaller than this, their problem.  If it is larger, well, then they
get some extra space.  But the 72-78 character range has been around for at
least a decade or so.

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