Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 16:00:36 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wrap line to 72 or 76 in e-mail? Message-ID: <359FDB64.E56711AB@aei.ca> References: <359F04D5.2EA5BD0C@aei.ca> <19980705150935.E18970@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Sunday, 5 July 1998 at 0:45:09 -0400, Malartre wrote: > > Does there is any official page on how to wrap line in e-mails? > > 72 characters or 76 characters? > > Do you mean how to do it, or where to do it? > > How to do it depends on your mailer. With Netscape, the answer is > "with difficulty". I'd recommend using a real editor to write the > messages, and getting it to do the wrapping for you. > > Where to wrap is a matter of taste. Some people put in valid claims > for lines as long as 110 characters, which I think is far too large. > >From a comfort point of view, I'd say that 90 is getting too much. > >From the viewpoint of many people who don't use X, 79 is the limit: > after that, lines start wrapping. I personally use 70 characters, > though I wonder if it wouldn't be better to use 75. > > In case you're interested, I've got a fair collection of suggestions > at http://www.lemis.com/email.html. > > Greg My question was not "how do I wrap line" but "how much characters by line". Me and Dag-Erling Coidan where talking about http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/how-to-ask-en.html http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/how-to-ask-fr.html I was saying to wrap line to 72 characters in the body of the mail, but he say than the .signature should be of 4 line X 76 characters(USENET). Well, I would like to know if there is a place where there is recommandation on that subject. -- [Malartre] [malartre@aei.ca][ICQ#4224434][www.aei.ca/~malartre/][www.FreeBSD.ORG] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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