> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:52:19 -0500
> From: David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mutt Users' List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Limiting max text width
>
> ...and then Odhiambo Washington said...
> %
> % A quick and dumb one: How do I limit my e-mails to 70 cols in .muttrc??
> % I want lines to wrap auto at 70.
>
> Do you mean for viewing or editing? The latter is an editor question,
> usually solved in vi with "set wm=<termsize-70>" or vim with "set tw=70".
> The former is one I haven't yet seen; mutt will wrap long lines and
> optionally put in markers for you, but I don't know how to get it to wrap
> earlier than the screen edge.
I think you could set your MDA to pass messages through a reformatter,
or perhaps this can be done on individual messages from inside mutt.
I've been thinking about the same recently, and the thought of
unattended email munging gave creeps, but I might go for it anyway
once I feel comfortable enough about the software that would do this
task...
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