From: VE1E0@N0spam.rac.ca 
  
 mordin_x  wrote: 
  
 > 
 > 
 >Gord Beaman wrote: 
 > 
 >> >> Isn't that odd...I'm using Agent and his line length was 
 >> >> something like 250 or so, I had to scroll right right right (a 
 >> >> lot) for each line then way back to the start for the next one. 
 >> >> He did something then it was fine. I see you're using Outlook 
 >> >> Express and you didn't get that effect at all...odd... 
 >> > 
 >> >Odd?  I use Netscape and I didn't get that effect either.  Before he did 
 >> >what he did his lines were the correct length, since he did what he did 
 >> >his line length takes up only half the width of my screen. 
 >> > 
 >> >Carter 
 >> 
 >> I see. So how does the average poster appear to you Carter?. I 
 >> see most posts ending about midscreen (that's near 65) and I'd 
 >> call that 'the correct length'... 
 >> 
 >> So, as a matter of interest, what (to you) is the 'correct 
 >> length'?. 
 >> -- 
 >> 
 >> -Gord. 
 > 
 >Looked fine in my Netscape too.  It has a setting in Preferences/ Mail & 
 >Newsgroups/ Messages called 'Message Wrapping'.  There is a check box to 
 >'wrap incoming messages to window width' and 'wrap outgoing, plain text 
 >messages at XX characters'.  Mine is set to 72 by default. 
 > 
 >You might want to check Agent for similar settings. 
 > 
 >mordin_x 
  
 You're quite right Mordin. What seems best (for me) is to not set 
 any line length for incoming msgs and to set outgoing msgs to 65 
 or so. That way almost *all* incoming lines from a particular 
 poster will be the same length...no short lines at all unless a 
 sentence ends there....makes my screen very neat indeed. Allen 
 had not set his outgoing msg line length so they were 
 horrendously long on my screen, 250 or more characters wide. Give 
 that a try, you'll like having a nice neat screen!... 
 -- 
  
 -Gord. 
  
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