Chris, I think what you are seeing is a result of `format=flowed` setting from Apple Mail.app. From the raw source of my email message
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Here is one explanation [http://www.sirena.org.uk/log/2008/08/30/apple-mail-and-formatflowed/]. There are many more such explanations. Afaik, my Mail.app is set to send only plain text, not a multipart (text and html) version, unless I add some stuff that necessitates a multipart version. When I view my own emails using gmail, I see no issues with text wrap. Of course, my email is hosted on Google apps, so the Goog's SMTP server might be doing some shenanigans as well, but maybe there is a simpler explanation. In any case, I will research more to ascertain of the problem is on my end or not. On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:06 PM, chm wrote: > All- > > I've seen recently an increasing number of postings > to the perldl and pdl-porters lists that have problems > with excessively long lines. > > After researching the problem, it appears to be the > result of problems with a Mac mail program (don't know > which one or why) but it is a bit annoying since the > list archives also show the same problem (I've figured > out how to work around the problem in my responses > using the Thunderbird Edit->Rewrap option). > > If any Mac users know how to fix the mailer problem, > I'm sure others would find the information useful. > As a sort of work-around, maybe our list archives > could be set to force-wrap the problem messages > so things will be more readable. > > Cheers, > Chris > "one frustrated by reading excessively long line/paragraphs..." _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
