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|    Alan Ianson to August Abolins    |
|    telegram subj = 40 chars max    |
|    11 Jan 21 11:21:37    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 324.fido-chat@1:153/757.2 2461dc85       REPLY: 323.fido-chat@1:153/757.2 2461d10a       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/58bf7fb4c Jan 11 2021 GCC 10.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/58bf7fb4c Jan 11 2021 GCC 10.2.0       BBSID: TRMB       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: SlyEdit 1.73 (2020-03-31) (ICE style)        Re: telegram subj = 40 chars max        By: August Abolins to Alan Ianson on Mon Jan 11 2021 10:32 am               AA> I see that on your Synchronet web interface there is even much more room        AA> than 40. Looks good! Again.. a wordier subject can serve as a pretty good        AA> preview of what's inside.              Yes, and subjects can be that long.               AA> I think Stas pick 40 because it's about the best length when viewing on        AA> the Telegram app for smartphone before the line would wrap. So, we get the        AA> potential for a "long" subject, but not too long so wraps and looks ugly        AA> in the app.              Yep, that's a good length. In a lot of header displays they get lost after       that length anyway.               Ttyl :-),        Al              ... You can name your salary here, I call mine fred.       --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux        * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 129/305 153/757 229/426 664 700 282/1038 301/1 322/757       PATH: 153/757 229/664 426           |
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