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Date:      Fri, 02 Apr 1999 05:18:48 -0800
From:      Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net>
To:        Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Brad Benson <bradley@softhome.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: outlook mail  was:(RE: Logo merchandise)
Message-ID:  <3704C3B8.FB562CEF@uswest.net>
References:  <000001be7b39$b40c2640$6400a8c0@BillyJoeBob> <370465AC.95322011@uswest.net> <19990402162222.A413@lemis.com> <37046B4D.47BC1A7E@uswest.net> <19990402163727.C413@lemis.com> <37046D68.D4E8F68C@uswest.net> <19990402165434.D413@lemis.com> <370473EC.6DFF6E3E@uswest.net> <19990402023647.H98992@001101.zer0.org>

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Gregory Sutter wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 11:38:20PM -0800, Nocturne wrote:
> > Greg Lehey wrote:
> > >
> > >I don't understand.  Where's the problem with a UNIX-based mailer?
> >
> > The problem was that it would just let my text run long, making it
> > hard to review the e-mail before sending.  The screen-width problem
> > didn't even exist then, everyone was using 80-column screens.
> 
> It lets your text run long if you allow it to.  When my mailer of
> choice, Mutt, invokes my editor of choice, vi, to edit a message, it
> uses the option "set wm=8", which sets a right-margin 8 characters from
> the right-hand side of the screen.  My text gets wrapped automatically
> as I type.  Your editor may vary.

Pine uses it's own editor, pico, to compose messages.  It's very
primative.

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