[geeks] Some folks think I go too wide ;^) well, what do they know, I simply type into my mail client and leave the formatting to the client - if the client can't handle my format, well, that is the result o f your personal choice I guess. Ken (whew!)

[Ken Hansen]

I know about the big button on the right, but I choose to let the receiver determine where the lines should break - if I insert *arbitrary* line breaks where *I think* they should break,it will either a) underutilize that big, wide, 21" monitor you're sitting in front of, or, b)if you happen to be enjoying my ramblings on a PDA, Palm or other landscape-challenged device, you will see the oddest collection of truncated lines across your screen.

What is the lowest common denominator column width for an email client - 20 years ago, that was easy, your terminal was either 40 (apple II), 64 (TRS-80) or 80 columns wide (CP/M, Workstation TTY). Now that I can get email on my cell phone *and* my 21" monitor, there seems to be no good default.

Sorry.

Personal choice.

(Reminds me of the guy that was threatening to boot folks off "his" maillist because we posted replies *above* the original post, not after, where god had intended)

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Hechinger [mailto:wonko at tmok.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 8:18 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] Linc is cool

<snip>

also, all those + marks are where mutt had to wrap your email. please hit that
big key on the right marked "Return" a couple times every once in a while
please.  maybe 90% of the world uses "magic" email programs like Netscape,
Outlook, etc, but as a courtesy to those who inhabited this place before the
rest of you, please wrap at <80 since us old geezers like to cling to our
fixed font 80 column email clients.  we will use them till we die, neural
interfaces be damned.