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Re: login as root to GUI



ronin2@bellatlantic.net writes:

> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:31:52 -0800
> Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> wrote:
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>> Please turn your line wraps on to something more sensable like 72
>> columns per line instead of one paragraph per line.
>
> This isn't meant to be picking on you. But I've been considering this
> for a while.
>
> People shouldn't wrap lines at all in messages they send -- this is a
> hoary hold-over from the dark ages.
>
> Line wrap is a display function, and it should be handled by the
> receiver's MUA. People who want big windows with wide paragraphs can
> have them; people who want narrow windows can have those.
>
> And people who still use MUAs that can't do line wrap should consider
> finding one that can.

No, you should read RFC 2646.  Format=Flowed solves this problem and
makes everyone happy, in theory. 

-- 
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than half of you half as well as you deserve.

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