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Old September 1st 19, 07:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default Max line width for newsgroup messages. Still have it at 76. Do I need to ?

Paul,

Your current server (AIOE) also enforces a line length.


To be honest, I didn't expect that. Does sound like a smart thing to do
though.

USENET protocols enforce a line length limit of ~1000


At some point that came to my mind too. If I drop the 76 char limit I
will, assuming I just keep writing paragraphs that end with a CRLF, run into
that one, which effectivily means nothing changes.

And if that doesn't create a problem, anyone who quotes such a wide
paragraph (mine or someone elses) will bring me back to square one ...

I had hoped I could just alow quotes parts to shift a bit to the right
(because of new quote prefixes) and not having to reformat them (manual or
otherwise).

Drats. I didn't really think this thru, didn't I ? :-( :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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