From: allanh@vivaldi.net   
      
   On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:17:26 -0600, Allan Higdon    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:59:29 -0600, VanguardLH  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Allan Higdon  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> VanguardLH  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Please don't use excessively long lines (format=flowed).  Configure   
   >>>> your   
   >>>> NNTP client to a maximum line length of 72.   
   >>>   
   >>> There is a setting in Opera Mail's Account Properties, in the   
   >>> "Outgoing" tab, to "Automatically wrap outgoing messages". It's   
   >>> enabled by default, but it was disabled because I thought it would   
   >>> break up the really long URLs into two separate lines. It also causes   
   >>> messages in "Edit" mode to be wrapped instead of using the entire   
   >>> window width, which I do not want. Linelength = -1 when the setting   
   >>> is disabled and Linelength = 76 when the setting is enabled.   
   >>   
   >> I've never used Opera Mail.  "Automatically wrap outgoing message"   
   >> sounds more about fitting lines (wrapping) within the window width than   
   >> about setting a fixed line length.   
   >   
   >   
   > I'll try enabling the "Automatically wrap outgoing messages" setting.   
   > I can copy the viewed message and paste it into "Edit" mode to negate   
   > the wrapping.   
   > If the disabled setting has caused any problems for others, I wasn't   
   > aware of it.   
   >   
      
   I noticed that a couple of others on ACF, MikeS and wasbit, apparently do   
   not wrap their outgoing messages.   
      
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