Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:27:17 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: David Nixon <david.nixon@mantech.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attachments request -OOOOOPS Message-ID: <20000407162717.C4744@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <s8ecf9a5.054@CORP-GW.mantech.com> References: <s8ecf9a5.054@CORP-GW.mantech.com>
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David Nixon wrote: > Now back to your first e-mail. I mentioned the setting for vi in > response to Chad R. Larson's e-mail. He specifically mentioned that > he used vi for e-mail in a previous e-mail. If you go back and reread > his message then you might realize why I mentioned it. I honestly > ask, does Chad Larson change that setting for e-mail then change > it back for other vi uses? If not, then he and everyone else who > does not format their text at less that 65 characters are guilty of > violating RFC 1855 (as you have quoted this group). Most people use 80 characters, which is a hell of a lot closer to 65 than your unbroken lines (or broken, depending on which way you look at it). > multiple columns just for fun? Anyway, read this extract from RFC 1855 and ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8 > *************************************************************************** > > Count the splats. This line appears in Ben Smithurst's message below. How many characters per line? > Hypocritical..... Welcome to the guilty. Shit, I'm about 10 characters over the limit. You're a few hundred over. Nevermind, you're getting boring now. You'll be glad to know you'll get no more responses from me. *plonk* -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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