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From: Kurt R. Todoroff on 1 Mar 2010 15:29
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?

Thank you.

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Kurt Todoroff

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Consent, not coercion.
From: Jochem Huhmann on 1 Mar 2010 17:46
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.


Jochem

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longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: E Z Peaces on 1 Mar 2010 18:16
Kurt R. Todoroff 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?
>
> Thank you.
>

I've seen that in more than one newsreader, but I haven't see it in
Mail. I like the way Mail works. Whether composing or reading, I
adjust the window width to wrap lines at a readable length. I guess the
guy on the other end is supposed to be able to do the same.

Most web pages seem to work that way. I frequented one online
newsletter with very long lines that wouldn't wrap to fit my window. I
hated it.
From: Jolly Roger on 1 Mar 2010 18:27
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?
>
> Thank you.

Goodness. I see you do that in MT-NW as well?

Please don't! It doesn't improve readability for the rest of us.

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JR
From: Jolly Roger on 1 Mar 2010 18:34
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?
>
> Thank you.

It's best not to assume everyone else will like exactly what you like -
it's almost always not the case! ; )

Imagine for a moment that someone tried to prevent you from adjusting
the size of your email window to 50 characters in width to read emails,
but instead forced you to read 200-character lines. How would you like
that?

Don't insert hard line breaks in your messages. Allow others to view
them how they see fit!

--
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
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