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Re: Wrapping long lines (Was Re: FAQ update suggestion for "I'm having basic problems with find. Why?")
> Yeah it appears in ... [RFC1855] as "Be conservative in what you send
> and liberal in what you receive.", just a few paragraphs above where
> it recommends:
>
> "Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a line with a
> carriage return."
Limiting line length to fewer than 65 characters is about being
"conservative in what you send".
My contention is about mail archivers being "liberal in what you [they]
receive".
Bill
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