Column Width Setting In Mail?
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From: Jolly Roger on 1 Mar 2010 18:34 In article <m2wrxvfyod.fsf(a)revier.com>, Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes: > > > In article <kurt.r.todoroff-0151E3.15293801032010(a)nntp.aioe.org>, > > "Kurt R. Todoroff" <kurt.r.todoroff(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > >> I'm using Mail in Tiger 10.4.11. When I compose a message, I type a > >> hard carriage return around the fifty column location (I estimate) to > >> improve the readability of my messages. I searched through the Mail > >> Preferences for such a setting, but I couldn't find one. Does Mail > >> provide this capability? > > > > You shouldn't insert hard carriage returns except to end a paragraph; it > > can mess up the formatting and readability on the receiver's system, > > depending on how that system handles text. > > The thing is that people running their email clients full-screen end up > with lines 200 characters wide. OK, it's *their* problem, but still. Is it not *their* computer and *their* email client to do with as they wish? If they wish to read emails with 200-character-wide lines, why should anyone attempt to prevent me from doing so? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jochem Huhmann on 2 Mar 2010 04:41 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> writes: >> > You shouldn't insert hard carriage returns except to end a paragraph; it >> > can mess up the formatting and readability on the receiver's system, >> > depending on how that system handles text. >> >> The thing is that people running their email clients full-screen end up >> with lines 200 characters wide. OK, it's *their* problem, but still. > > Is it not *their* computer and *their* email client to do with as they > wish? If they wish to read emails with 200-character-wide lines, why > should anyone attempt to prevent me from doing so? More often than not such people don't know what they're doing. They just run everything full-screen and see some emails nicely formatted and others not. If this is a client of yours and he thinks your emails suck and are hard to read, you may wish to change that without calling him an idiot and to tell him to resize his windows. You want his money after all and not to argue with him. This is one reason for many business-like emails coming in HTML, by the way. You don't want to leave it to the cleverness of the receiver if your email looks good or not. And having your email come in three lines spread over the full width of a 24" screen doesn't look good at all. Mind you, I don't care most of the time but I can fully understand people who do. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Tom Stiller on 2 Mar 2010 07:52 In article <m2sk8jf4bf.fsf(a)revier.com>, Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> writes: > > >> > You shouldn't insert hard carriage returns except to end a paragraph; it > >> > can mess up the formatting and readability on the receiver's system, > >> > depending on how that system handles text. > >> > >> The thing is that people running their email clients full-screen end up > >> with lines 200 characters wide. OK, it's *their* problem, but still. > > > > Is it not *their* computer and *their* email client to do with as they > > wish? If they wish to read emails with 200-character-wide lines, why > > should anyone attempt to prevent me from doing so? > > More often than not such people don't know what they're doing. They just > run everything full-screen and see some emails nicely formatted and > others not. If this is a client of yours and he thinks your emails suck > and are hard to read, you may wish to change that without calling him an > idiot and to tell him to resize his windows. You want his money after > all and not to argue with him. > > This is one reason for many business-like emails coming in HTML, by the > way. You don't want to leave it to the cleverness of the receiver if > your email looks good or not. And having your email come in three lines > spread over the full width of a 24" screen doesn't look good at all. Those businesses don't get my business. > > Mind you, I don't care most of the time but I can fully understand > people who do. > > > Jochem -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: dorayme on 2 Mar 2010 16:13 In article <tom_stiller-80CD25.07523002032010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > This is one reason for many business-like emails coming in HTML, by the > > way. You don't want to leave it to the cleverness of the receiver if > > your email looks good or not. And having your email come in three lines > > spread over the full width of a 24" screen doesn't look good at all. > > Those businesses don't get my business. Even if it means cutting off your nose to spite your face. -- dorayme
From: Tom Stiller on 2 Mar 2010 16:30
In article <doraymeRidThis-48B1E9.08131803032010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > In article > <tom_stiller-80CD25.07523002032010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > This is one reason for many business-like emails coming in HTML, by the > > > way. You don't want to leave it to the cleverness of the receiver if > > > your email looks good or not. And having your email come in three lines > > > spread over the full width of a 24" screen doesn't look good at all. > > > > Those businesses don't get my business. > > Even if it means cutting off your nose to spite your face. There are plenty of other businesses. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF |