* Derrick 'dman' Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030403 21:30]: > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:31:09PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > | I am getting email from an old friend who is not a Debian type like > | me. He types his email into a window on what he calls 'just a > | standard PC' and the computer automatically starts new lines on his > | screen when needed. > > Not really -- it probably wraps the *display* but doesn't put any line > breaks in the data itself. I've encountered a few (crappy) mail > programs that behave like this.
It's probably happening with HTML or Rich Text setups of various e-mail apps. Even Outlook Express, when set to send 'plain text' will wrap lines correctly -- when sending. What the user sees on screen may not wrap at 72 characters, or whatever they define, but will continue to the right-hand edge of the window and wrap automatically. You can see this by resizing a message window and it will "break" at different locations. I've sent messages to this list, in fact, using Outlook Express, with NO COMPLAINTS. :) Hall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
