On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 17:51 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
This is a FAQ and AFAIK you can't do it. The wrap boundary appears to be hardwired at 70 characters, which apparently is inscribed in some standard or other.If it's a FAQ, can someone please tell me which "standard" this is?From RFC-2822 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html):"2.1.1. Line Length Limits There are two limits that this standard places on the number of characters in a line. Each line of characters MUST be no more than 998 characters, and SHOULD be no more than 78 characters, excluding the CRLF."
The RFC linked does NOT apply. From the RFC:
1.1. Scope
...
Note: This standard is not intended to dictate the internal
formats
used by sites, the specific message system features that they are
expected to support, or *any of the characteristics of user interface
programs that create or read messages*.
(emphasis added)
There is nothing that requires a mailer to *display* messages
hard-wrapped at n characters. The RFC linked only applies to
messages on the wire so to speak.
Back to the OP's question:
Why does evolution not have a re-wrap feature?
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Saikat
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