From: allanh@vivaldi.net   
      
   On Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:37:35 -0600, MikeS  wrote:   
      
   > On 29/11/2025 14:50, Allan Higdon wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > That's odd.   
   >   
   > I use Thunderbird with (as far as I recall) its default wrap settings.   
   > Those are presently:   
   > mail.wrap_long_lines	true	   
   > mailnews.wraplength	72	   
   > plain_text.wrap_long_lines	true	   
   > temp.openpgp.wrapHtmlBeforeSend	true	   
   > view_source.wrap_long_lines	false   
   >   
   > FWIW TB has no problem wrapping posts to fit whatever window size I use   
   > for viewing so I prefer posts which are *not" using fixed line width,   
   > not least re broken URLs.   
   >   
      
   I prefer not using a fixed line length as well, and that's, in effect, what   
   disabling the wrapping of outgoing messages does in Opera Mail.   
   As I previously posted, when that setting is enabled, the line length is 76.   
   My text editor, EditPad Lite, is set for "Wrap at Window Border" instead of a   
   maximum line length.   
      
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