Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 07:16:53 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net>, Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> Cc: Brad Benson <bradley@softhome.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: outlook mail was:(RE: Logo merchandise) Message-ID: <19990403071653.G413@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3704C3B8.FB562CEF@uswest.net>; from Nocturne on Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 05:18:48AM -0800 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> <19990402023647.H98992@001101.zer0.org> <3704C3B8.FB562CEF@uswest.net>
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On Friday, 2 April 1999 at 5:18:48 -0800, Nocturne wrote: > Gregory Sutter wrote: >> >> 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. > > Pine uses it's own editor, pico, to compose messages. It's very > primative. It doesn't force you to. You can use an external editor if you want. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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