>So I guess what I'm asking is: I can easily modify my copy of nmh to raise >the 998-character limit, but it's not clear to me what I might break by >doing so. Would someone please explain what I'm missing here?
To answer your larger question (on the subject line): - MH/nmh doesn't handle lines greater than 998 characters because such messages are not valid according to RFC 5322, and mhfixmsg isn't going to generate a message that nmh cannot handle. Whether or not nmh SHOULD handle such messages is a different question. - The line length limit is imposed by m_getfld(), and that function is ... hairy. I think changing that might have unexpected consequences; it might be fine, but I don't make any guarantees. But the fact you said you could "easily modify" it suggests to me that you have not actually LOOKED at the code in question :-) --Ken -- Nmh-workers https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
