Hi,

here's a demo reply that will show the problem I've described. In order 
to see what goes wrong, have a look at the page source, or view the 
message with NS4.x

This text is above the quoted text and therefore is wrapped correctly. 
Trouble will start below. This text is above the quoted text and 
therefore is wrapped correctly. Trouble will start below.

Tillmann Steinbrecher wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> when replying a message, and writing text between the quoted lines, then 
> the text will not be wrapped at 72 chars correctly.
> 
> This should be fixed REALLY quickly, since the Netiquette for many 
> newsgroups suggests that messages should not have more than 72 chars per 
> line.

Here's where trouble starts. This text is inside the quoted text and therefore will 
not wrap correctly. This text is inside the quoted text and therefore will not wrap 
correctly. This text is inside the quoted text and therefore will not wrap correctly.

> 
> Basically, you can't use Mozilla for these newsgroups or otherwise 
> you'll be flamed.
> 
> I will reply this message in a way that the described problem will 
> become obvious.


This text is below the quoted text and will wrap correctly again. This 
text is below the quoted text and will wrap correctly again. This text 
is below the quoted text and will wrap correctly again. This text is 
below the quoted text and will wrap correctly again.


Got the point? :-)

bye,
Tillmann


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