Hi, On 09/10/2010, at 5:58 AM, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 08.10.2010 20:28, Dave Cohen wrote: > >> With markup like HTML, we consider it the job of the browser to >> display it correctly. Email is no different. > > Email (as in text/plain) is different. It is not a markup language. > >> I still don't see any reason to break the lines. (Tradition not >> being an influence on drupal in any other area AFAIK.) > > Drupal sends plain-text emails by default. Plain text mails should (in > my opinion) be wrapped to 80 lines. If you want to send html-mail you > need to use some contributed module. That module can undo the wrapping > of the text for the html mails, if desired. Also I think if I remember correctly according to the RFC plaintext needs to be wrapped at 76 chars, but I think these days it is a guideline more than a rule. Gordon.
