Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd

[Chris Knipe]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 4:01 PM Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 9:54 AM Chris Knipe <savage at savage.za.org> wrote:
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>> Why can't your MUA be intelligent enough to wrap emails with > 74
>> characters on a line?
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> 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?
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> Here goes a good example:
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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... :-)


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Regards,
Chris Knipe