Email Line Lengths

[Carl S. Hayes]

FWIW . . .

In case anyone is interested if does this because prior to
PC and monitors we use the TI Silent 300 and a FAX type
paper for most ARPANET communications.

Carl

On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:45:41 -0500, Michael Baum wrote:

>2. Lamb>    There is a limit on the length of a line, IIRC, on SMTP
>servers.
>Wood>	First, the internet itself (mail server?) limits mail line
>length to approximately 1000 bytes then it inserts a hard return and a
>few spaces. Nobody seems to remember why this is done, but it is. Thus
>your paragraphs should not exceed 1000 characters.