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Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists



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On 23 Jul 1999 22:16:00 +0200, Colin Marquardt wrote:

>> Don't do that!  The standard line length is 80 columns, and all sane

>In fact, your line length should be even smaller than that to allow
>for quoting. RFC 1036 (I think) says 72 columns. 

    However, since RFC1036 a lot of editors have gotten quite intelligent in
reflowing quotes.  I personally set my width to 78 and reflow pretty much
everything before sending it out.

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