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Re: Netscape mailer problems

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 23, 1998, 15:40
Daniel J. O'Neil wrote:

> I don't recommend you generate hard carriage returns except at the > beginning and end of paragraphs.
Fine for people using GUI mail interfaces, but not everyone is doing so even yet. The restriction to plain text and 80 columns, though annoying to some, makes the difference between legible and illegible text to others. E-mail is not the WWW!
> I hope this helps you with your mail problems. I've been using Netscape > mail for two years now and have been very happy with it.
So have I; but I have been using e-mail user agents since 1977. I may be an Old Fart, but I know whereof I speak. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)