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| I see a lot of posts with long lines. Typically around 75-80. The problem with these is that when people quote them, they become even longer, and eventually they are broken by some clients. A common rule on USENET is to keep the line length below 72 (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) c /avoided/made less severe/ (people who quote many many levels deep will still have trouble, but this is very rare compared to the common 2-3 levels at most) But ya, I agree. Wrap at 72 if possible. (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| I use Outlook Express. I just looked and noticed that it is set to wrap messages I send at 76. I don't know whether or not this is the default, but I don't remember changing it. Is 72 preferred? Bryan Beckwith "Fredrik Glöckner" (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| I thought 80 was the number. That was the number when I started using the internet around 6 years ago. Has it been revised? Build On! John Matthews ___...___ ____ 12345678901234567890...7890123456 7890 Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Heh, guess my reader is set to 76! :) M$ default, I suspect. Build On! John Matthews John Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:GCu517.1Kv@lugnet.com... (...) ___...___ (...) 12345678901234567890...7890123456 (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) If it was 80, and most screens were 80x24, as soon as the first quote happened it would wrap wrong. :) 72 has been the de-facto standard for as long as I can remember (i think? was it ever mentioned in an RFC?). (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) 80 is the width of the "standard" screen, but messages should be wrapped somewhat before that. (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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