On or near 3/20/03 8:43 PM, Dan Frakes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > On 3/20/03 2:40 PM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Although I agree that it's nice to decide the number of characters at which >>> line breaks occur, in terms of the other feature, Eudora doesn't really >>> "turn it off" -- Eudora supports "format=flowed" text, which is a way of >>> designating (to supporting clients) where hard returns were originally >>> placed. The text is generally still broken at whatever length any mail >>> gateways between you and the recipient decided to use for line length; the >>> server-inserted line breaks are just ignored by the client (again, only if >>> it supports format=flowed). Most mailing list servers don't support it. >>> >> >> Eudora can also turn off line-wrapping completely (either on a global basis, >> or message by message). It had this ability long before F=F came along. > > Really? Sorry, I didn't realize that. However, it's a pretty worthless > setting, since the vast majority of mail servers and relays will break lines > anyways... ;) > Au contraire! Far from being worthless, it was the ONLY way I could get long command lines sent to a "listserv" mailing list server before "listserv" started providing a web interface. I had the line break problem using Emailer and Outlook Express; using them, it was impossible to send a command to "listserv" if the command exceeded 76 characters. But Eudora (which I had used before switching to Emailer) was able to do it, so I always kept a copy of Eudora on hand.
I very much wish Entourage would add this as some kind of advanced option on a message by message basis. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- 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/>
