On 08/24/2012 12:34 PM, Matijn Woudt wrote:
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Jim Lucas<li...@cmsws.com> wrote:
Personally, I let my code ramble on as long a line as it needs. I use
tabs
(set to 8 chars) in my code. That is because the other developers that I
work with have editors that can display the tabs in whatever width they
desire. I also do not wrap at 80 chars.
But if you look back at any of my code examples that I have written, none
of
them are longer then 80 characters, and uses two spaces for indentation.
Simply because my email client is set to plain text and wraps at 80
chars.
I can see that you do that indeed, but that does *not* guarantee that
it is also seen that way. I think most of us use a 'smart' mail
client, that automatically makes emails more readable by undoing these
stupid line breaks at 80 chars. Gmail for example shows your mail as
lines with approx 175 chars on my 17" notebook.. I'm not sure how
Gmail sends my messages, but looking at the 'Show original' option, it
seems it breaks long lines but might be at a different length too.
- Matijn
Well, not to talk bad about Gmail (I use it for personal accounts), but I
like using a client that I do have some control over what it does to my
email. Making sure that it retains my formatting is one of my first
requirements.
That's where we have different requirements. My first priority is
speed, both in access (email clients tend to be slow), and in delivery
time. I really need emails to be delivered to my PC instantly, and
that's not the case with POP3 and IMAP. Even push mail to my Android
smartphone with original Gmail app is faster than POP or IMAP.
- Matijn
IMAP is not fast enough? I have my own mail server running SMTP & IMAP
and I use Thunderbird w/IMAP and when my mail server receives an email
within 1 to 2 seconds my client is notified. I'm not sure how you can
get much faster then that.
You realize that IMAP works completely differently then POP. POP
clients fetch the mail. Normally on some preset time frame. IMAP
clients are notified by the server when a new message arrives. As long
as your IMAP client is open and logged into your account, that
notification process will take less then a couple seconds.
I cannot see how IMAP is slow.
--
Jim Lucas
http://www.cmsws.com/
http://www.cmsws.com/examples/
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