On 2013-02-22, Brian Utterback <brian.utterb...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 2/21/2013 7:00 PM, unruh wrote: >> Note that rmc 5322 is 2008. Many of the news readers are older than >> that. > > Another reason to refer to the RFC I quoted, which dates back to the 90's. > > So, it would appear that is the poster uses format=flowed test, then > your reader should handle it. But if someone is using just text/plain, > then they should break the lines at a reasonable place.
No. If the person wants his post to be easily readable by as many people as possible, he breaks his lines. If he does not care if people read his posts, or wants to make a point about line lengths, then he can do whatever he wants. > > Brian. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions