On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 06:58:08PM +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> On 2001-05-10 23:04:34 -0400, adam morley wrote:
>
> >well, if i write my messages so they are wrapped like this as you
> >will see in one second, then it can be classified as a flowed
> >message. a zero paragraph flowed message. hence my need to know
> >how to do such a thing. would require reformatting other messages
> >tho.
>
> text/plain; format=flowed actually forbids overly long lines.
> Indeed, in a properly formatted text/plain; format=flowed message,
> no line will be longer than 78 characters when the message is viewed
> with a viewer which does _not_ support format=flowed.
ah, no line *should* be longer than 78 chras, correct? its a should, not a must if i
remember.
>
> The fact that a lines may be flowed is indicated by a space
> character in the end of a line.
yes, and if i place the entire line as one big long unwrapped line, then i have zero
paragraphs with each paragraph having at least one space-crlf sequence. which is
compliant with the rfc in saying that format flowed is in effect.
the only reason i bring this up is that people have been arguing that with the gnus
mailer (emacs mailer) an unwrapped line of text is wrapped at the char (as it is
format=fixed) whereas a flowed message (with the proper options set) is wrapped on
word boundaries.....
>
> (Look closely at this message for an example.)
>
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thanks
adam
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