>>>I was recently sending an EMail ... >>>Powermail broke it apart like this: first- >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>That's why PowerMail automatically puts angle brackets around >>e-mail addresses and urls that are copied in -- so when the text >>breaks, the mail client can still figure out that the whole thing >>is one piece,... > >I agree, with these brackets this special problem would not happen. >But as you see some lines above PM seems not to add these brackets >automatically. My examples are without them!
If you type it, there's no automatic editing (maybe there should be, or an option for it). But, if you drag an e-mail/URL clipping from the desktop, or from the address book, or copy/paste it in, they are added. >>The problem is, even if PowerMail doesn't chop it up, it could happen >>later on before delivery, depending on what kind of server it goes >>through. This is the crucial point: _you can't control it!!!_ Yes, >>it is annoying, but 78 characters is the longest safe length. > >Honestly I do not experience this. The overwhelming majority of mails >I receive have no hard wrap, I could not recognize a single message >which was hardwrapped just now when I was inspecting my mailbox with >random sample checks. > >>... >>I can see having a variable to set things shorter. If the mail clients >>in question don't automatically rewrap quotes, it might be advantageous >>to set the line length a bit shorter expecting it to be quoted, >>... >>But trying to set it longer is just begging for frustration. > >My wish is quite easy and leaves the decision to the user and he has >to ponderate which disadvantage he judges higher: PM shall offer an >option if the text shall be hardwrapped or not. That should be simple >to realize. I agree with you here. I'm not for or against it. I just wanted to present the rationale for why PM does it this way (I believe I understand it correctly). There are forces beyond the mail client's control that may hardwrap plain text email. In your experience it hasn't. As they say, "more power to you!" :) >>For PM to constrain your typing to 78 characters/line so you can >>see when the breaks will be is the closest you'll get to visual >>inspection before sending. I suppose that might be a feature to >>add. If you don't use a fixed width font or if you've resized the >>mail message window it's difficult to see where that will happen. > >Because you insist on the automatic wrap, why not showing it to me >while I'm writing? ... I think the above is what you're referring to. I was just pondering a possible solution. This is not implemented. Chris --
