Life after PMMail

[Steve Lamb]

Tuesday, March 28, 2000, 6:46:06 AM, Michael wrote:
> And this is bad because?

    Ralph?  How many times have we gone over this since the list moved to my
server?  How many times before that?  Something tells me I really should make
this a forking FAQ on the list.  :/

    Michael, do you have a client which colorizes quotes?  I'm betting you
don't.  Some people do and it breaks their colorization.

    While you dislike the comb-tooth effect (which I rarely see in email any
more) what you cause is much, much worse.  Furthermore, a lot of clients will
also not wrap your lines and assume you meant for them to be viewed at that
length.

    There is a limit on the length of a line, IIRC, on SMTP servers.

    Finally, it has been the commonly accepted limit for line length since I
started with BBSs on a 300bps modem when I was *9* years old in the early 80s.
It has a 17+ year history behind it.  In short, don't question it, just
comply, you'll suffer a LOT less heartache.  I'm sure lots of other people
will now pipe up to either confirm or fight this message but just trust me on
this, ok?  78 characters, max.

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