On 05/12/2002 0:15, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eudora's format=flowed has been requested over and over. I first asked for > it when I switched from Emailer (which also can do flowed text, if I recall; > maybe I'm imagining that and the switch I remember is from Eudora to > Emailer) because I needed it to send some long command lines to "listserv" > programs running my mailing lists. As I recall, the MBU folks seem to think > it <does> violate some standard or other, and so have refused to consider > it. > > I still think it's a mistake not to do it. Standards are not natural laws; > they are agreed-upon limitations and guidelines. If a large enough segment > (even a significant minority) of the customer base wants something else, and > it isn't difficult to provide that (surely NOT breaking lines is easier than > breaking them?), IMO it should be provided. > > We have a button now that switches between HTML and plain text. Why not make > it a 3-option popup, with flowed text the third option? Format Flowed does not send unwrapped lines! It is an RFC standard for unwrapping the lines on receipt. In order to maintain compatibility it send all it's mail wrapped at the 72/76 character mark. A f=f capable client will strip the quote marks and DISPLAY the mail unwrapped (suitably marked up with quote level by indenting or sidebar etc), but sends the mail hard wrapped. F=F will not help you with server commands, but it should get round the problem with scripts being wrapped. -- Barry -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
