Re: Change the expectation that emails should wrap at 80 characters

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Subject: Re: Change the expectation that emails should wrap at 80 characters
From: Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:39:17 -0700
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On Friday, February 28, 2025 7:30:53 PM MST Mason Loring Bliss wrote:

> Looks pretty awful to me. Screenshot attached.

Yes, the screenshot you sent shows how ugly it is when my email client wraps sending emails at 80 columns. It is for this reason I think we ought to get rid of that and simply let the receiving MUA handle all wrapping.

Soren Stoutner

soren@debian.org

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