Re: [Evolution] No message pagination

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 11:46 +0100, Andrew Taylor wrote:
> -----Original Message----- 
> Andrew Taylor schreef:
> > I have looked through the preferences but cannot find a solution there.
> >
> > When I send a message and start typing, and I have a ten line paragraph 
> > (that is, it would be ten lines on an A4 or American Quarto page) it 
> > just continues to type on one long line. but as you can see here, it 
> > doesn't do that all the time.
> >
> > The message I typed to someone in my address-book just before this 
> > message just continued and continued. Whereas you can see, in this 
> > message, the lines are paginating properly on the screen.
> >
> > I am using Evolution 2.22.3.1 in Ubuntu 8.04.1
>
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> Don't use HTML in mail. It waists bandwith and gives you this behaviour.
> Joep
>
> Alas, in the business world, if you don't use HTML you are considered a minor player.
>
> I accept the fact that Evolution can't cope with HTML as your message
> suggests, as other mail programs manage with pagination with HTML.

Evo can cope with HTML, but a lot of us don't want it when it's not
necessary (and it almost never is). In particular, using HTML on
Internet mailing lists is near universally frowned-on, no matter what
mail client you're using.

poc