In <h237lm$gff$2@saturn.local.net>, Per Jessen wrote: >Philipp Thomas wrote: >> David, could you *please* configure your mail reader to use a line >> length maximum of 75 characters, i.e. send your mail to this list with >> a fixed line length? This would make reading and editing replies iin >> text mode MUAs like mutt a *lot* easier. > >Doesn't mutt know how to fold lines properly? Email is supposed to be wrapped at the sending side for maximum=20 compatibility anyway. ISTR some issues with very old systems (probably not= =20 around anymore) that couldn't have more than 127 characters on one physical= =20 line. So, if non-wrapped mail was sent through them everything after the=20 127th character on each line was simply dropped. That is one of the reasons email headers (among other things) can be broken= =20 into multiple physical lines using the backslash+newline combination. =2D-=20 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,=3D ,