Re: [Zymail-devel] Great work! And, a new feature...

[Arnaud N. <ar...@tr...>]

Le 2 janv. 08 =E0 21:17 soir, Joe Strout a =E9crit:

>> But, maybe we shouldn't wrap and let the client app wrap where
>> needed.
>
> For styled text, sure, but not for plain text.  Some (admittedly
> poorly-written but nonetheless common) MTAs will truncate or
> otherwise abuse lines longer than 76 characters.  Staying under 72
> characters is good practice for a MUA.  See RFC 1521 for example:
> <http://www.math-inf.uni-greifswald.de/~teumer/mime/1521/
> Appendix_B.html>

Is that good for something to wrap text? I surely prefer unwrapped =20
paragraphs (easier to read) while I don't see a good point, in terms =20
of reading, to wrap.
>>
> True, and Zymail too should be prepared to soft-wrap long lines.
> It's the standard practice of being a good citizen in a heterogenous
> environment: (1) follow all standards as well as you can; and (2) be
> prepared to deal with others who are not following the standards.

I don't see the point to follow the standard if it's better otherwise =20=

(the standard for real mails, really?).=