odd, i've always done that assuming the readers email reader would wrap it to something appropriate for their monitor (i usually warp received email at about 100 chars since i have a large monitor and like it that way). i also can't find the setting to do that on my email package although i think it does have that setting and that i've occasionally used it before. i'm using netscape 4.75 for email on a mac (i'm using a newer version of mozilla for surfing, i just haven't found a good free email reader that will handle multiple email accounts yet. netscape doesn't do it well but i'm used to it. i use different email boxes to sort my email by interest etc. and to hopefully reduce spam or at least make it easier to kill an email box off and move everything to a new mailbox). doubtless the next time i look it will be obvious to me.... i've looked all over twice and it's still eluding me currently. Olin Lathrop wrote: > > William Chops Westfield wrote: > > I've been composing > > mail mostly without newlines, counting on the fact that SOMEONE was > > inserting them at some point. > > That's a bad idea in any case. SMTP and POP3 do not guarantee to handle > infinitely long lines. I occasionally get messages where a paragraph gets > cut off in mid sentence. It appears that some transport somewhere is > truncating lines at 256 characters. > > The best defense, as it's always been, is to send email as plain text with ------- -- proof that the U.S. media is now state controlled! Ask your' local tv station why the hell they aren't airing the news any more! Our system of government requires an informed public, with their eyes open. _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist