Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
* 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 a

Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
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 real

Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:31:09PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I am curious about where in the chain of delivery the truncation might > be happening. Is there a standard for email that specifies a line > buffer size? > > My software is fetchmail and mutt. I have already established that the >

Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Seneca
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. His softw

Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Colin Watson
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. His softw

Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Hugh Saunders
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. His softw

Re: [OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Paul E Condon: > I'm working on getting him to press carriage return from time to time > as he types, but he is somewhat set in his ways. You might try to find out what MUA he's using (check the headers), and then find out where that particular MUA has an option for line wrapping. Most

[OT] email standard maximum line length

2003-04-03 Thread Paul E Condon
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. His software is, in his words, 'just plain mail software, nothing special'. Som