From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 2 2:37:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from 001101.zer0.org (001101.zer0.org [208.138.36.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3759414C8C for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 02:37:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter@001101.zer0.org) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by 001101.zer0.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) id CAA27597; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 02:36:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 02:36:47 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter To: Nocturne Cc: Greg Lehey , Brad Benson , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: outlook mail was:(RE: Logo merchandise) Message-ID: <19990402023647.H98992@001101.zer0.org> References: <000001be7b39$b40c2640$6400a8c0@BillyJoeBob> <370465AC.95322011@uswest.net> <19990402162222.A413@lemis.com> <37046B4D.47BC1A7E@uswest.net> <19990402163727.C413@lemis.com> <37046D68.D4E8F68C@uswest.net> <19990402165434.D413@lemis.com> <370473EC.6DFF6E3E@uswest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <370473EC.6DFF6E3E@uswest.net>; from Nocturne on Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:38:20PM -0800 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:38:20PM -0800, Nocturne wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >I don't understand. Where's the problem with a UNIX-based mailer? > > The problem was that it would just let my text run long, making it > hard to review the e-mail before sending. The screen-width problem > didn't even exist then, everyone was using 80-column screens. It lets your text run long if you allow it to. When my mailer of choice, Mutt, invokes my editor of choice, vi, to edit a message, it uses the option "set wm=8", which sets a right-margin 8 characters from the right-hand side of the screen. My text gets wrapped automatically as I type. Your editor may vary. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message