[ Will Yardley Wrote On Thu 29.Nov'12 at 19:54:15 GMT ] > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:45:01AM -0500, Peter Davis wrote: > > Bear in mind that this list, by it's very subject matter, self-selects > > for members who tend towards old school tools and technologies. Mutt > > users are obviously more likely to be strict about text-only, > > 72-column wrapped messages than users of, say, GMail. > > While I *don't* generally use Gmail (Google's already got enough > information about me as it is), if you use the plaintext option in > Gmail, it does seem to wrap at ~ 70 characters, even though you see a > long line in the compose window. Ditto for the plaintext portion of a > multipart/mixed message I sent. So if you're seeing unwrapped emails > from Gmail users, perhaps they're not using Gmail's web-based client? > > Overall, I think Gmail gets it right not only more than most other > webmail systems, but also more than most desktop mail clients -- it does > give users enough rope to hang themselves, but does also give them the > tools to quote and trim properly. It also gives you Pine-style keyboard > commands if you enable them.
I think the main issue with gmail complaints stems from those who use the Google groups interface for mailing lists, not so much for the webmail interface. I use my gmail account from mutt, I just don't use their smtp servers, instead I use my own.
