I agree. Human readability is important. I do not like long lines. But sometimes I have to convert when importing the message to a word processer for printing in a format of my choosing. Sometimes the default lines are too long, sometimes too short.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:12 PM To: mhonarc-users@mhonarc.org Subject: Re: Word wrapping messages > Many email messages are line wrapped after 80 chars. > This is unneccesary and unwanted in HTML. =v= The current fashionability of unwrapped lines is very unfortunate. Email should, above all, be human-readable, and jamming entire paragraphs into one line is exactly the opposite. "Unwanted?" HTML doesn't care whether there's a newline or a space there, but human eyes prefer newlines. =v= Bear in mind that not everyone out there has whizbang HTML mailers, and that "Content-Type: ... format=flowed" is inconsistently implemented (and often not specified). =v= Think of all the times you've been sent crap like this: > > > Now is the time for all good persons to come to the > > > aid of their=20 > > > planet. The lazy dog jumped over the quick brown > > I AGREE! > > > fox.=20 > ME TOO! Not exactly readable by humans *or* computers. Judicious use of newlines cures many ills, at no cost. <_Jym_>
