On Sun, 1 Sep 2019 09:17:43 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Hello all,

My newsgroup client, OE, still has an auto-wrap line width set to 76 chars,
and I wondering if it is still called for. Are there still people who still
use a 80-char wide console screen using a client which cannot or doesn't
wrap lines itself ?

In short, is there still a reason to follow this decades old default (or is
it just a case of following it for its own sake) ?

Remark:
While my OE still sends messages auto-wrapped*, it seems to have no problem
with displaying messages that use much longer lines.

*forcing me to reformat stuf that I quote - just because a single "" is
prepended.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


My Forte Agent defaults to 70 chars when posting.
I have to hit "o" to see any really long lines in received
messages because it does not wrap by default.
HTH
[]'s

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