At 8:12 PM -0500 6/26/99, David W. Tamkin wrote:
> You can always reprogram your robomoderator to divert posts for your atten-
> tion, rather than rejecting them, if their only violation is being too wide.
simply run them through a filter that formats them if you want -- use
fmt. If you're really sharp, only run the long paragraphs through...
> | So, without a clear rule to guide me, I'm curious whether other list
> | managers have a rule/policy on long lines and why.
>
> Since I have only one remaining list and I moderate it, my list's receipt
> for submissions adds another paragraph if the post is too wide,
I don't even think about it. Most mail clients these days do the
"right" thing with this stuff. As HTML-based email becomes more
accepted and endemic, the issue will continue to disappear. And the
number of complaints I get about this is pretty close to zero. I
honestly think it's a non-issue (even though for stuff I want to make
sure is cleanly formatted, like e-newsletters, they get pre-formatted
before going out. i'd say another year, and we won't bother with
that, either)
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