Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:04:21 +0200 From: Chris Knipe <savage@savage.za.org> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <CA%2B4TWFu5_aPENk6W3Pm6dQhT4DDCFM3XnQ_2en7yeGad1k15WA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaX=GZ-PRYJT_n%2BXpqRHmsFwGq58tSF0emqCJ__ioot7Lpw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20200613154409.GA89618@neutralgood.org> <13115.1592302784@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <20200616071153.00006f4d@seibercom.net> <CA%2B4TWFuWN1BV=FftC1xNCYRgqwX%2BCb=wMg_L9MxFHx17Nzjm5Q@mail.gmail.com> <20200616075548.000066f1@seibercom.net> <20200616140416.bd7b8bf2.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2B4TWFtgaMkJWAOuvEpSg2TOo2hrG-P7EHJUigCQwgQw3iXtWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200616142043.7d599458.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2B4TWFvf7w=4djQfWLtXhqmip0Rb72Js6BbOW=F_gUkufXuQFw@mail.gmail.com> <20200616144141.6203d978e9bd43418b17dcbc@sohara.org> <CA%2B4TWFsCcegZN7L0CGzJ1PFinROmRy1ypZ6mxF59zDeXHh2C=A@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=GZ-PRYJT_n%2BXpqRHmsFwGq58tSF0emqCJ__ioot7Lpw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 4:01 PM Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 9:54 AM Chris Knipe <savage@savage.za.org> wrote: > >> >> Why can't your MUA be intelligent enough to wrap emails with > 74 >> characters on a line? >> > > Because programs that try to be "smart" about things are often "too smart > for their own good". For example what is to stop it from wrapping > something that for various reasons *HAS* to be longer than 74 chars (like > code) when such wrapping destroys the ability to cut and paste from the MUA > into another file for testing? > > Here goes a good example: > > Simple - don't email it. If you do, attach it as an attachment (MIME is there for a reason)... There's GIT / CVS / Take your pick for a reason... :-) -- Regards, Chris Knipe
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