---- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Petit-Huguenin" <petithug@xxxxxxx> To: "Bjoern Hoehrmann" <derhoermi@xxxxxxx> Cc: "Stuart Cheshire" <cheshire@xxxxxxxxx>; "IETF-Discussion list" <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:22 AM > > On 02/15/2011 01:32 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > > * Stuart Cheshire wrote: > >> In the MHonArc mail archive there are often super-long lines, which > >> would be wrapped to the window width when viewing in most mail > >> clients, but when viewed in a web browser they appear as long single > >> lines which take a lot of left-to-right scrolling to read them. > > > > That is the result of some clients and users violating netiquette and > > mail standards, for instance, RFC 1855, section 2.1.1: > > > > - Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a line > > with a carriage return. > > > > and RFC 2822 (and similarily RFC 5322), section 2.1.1: > > > > There are two limits that this standard places on the number of > > characters in a line. Each line of characters MUST be no more than > > 998 characters, and SHOULD be no more than 78 characters, excluding > > the CRLF. > > > > And this does not cause problems just with unwrapped lines, it also has > > other effects, like people quoting excessively long lines on one line > > but then write their own text properly wrapped (that's appropriate be- > > havior if long lines are rare and most likely intentional, such as when > > including some computer code you don't want wrapped at odd positions.) > > > > I note that one of the main culprits here are Apple Mail users, although > > you seem to be using it yet have managed to send properly wrapped lines. > > If there is something Apple Mail users can do to stop their netiquette > > and standards violations, I would apprciate any pointer you may have. If only Apple Mail users would stop signing mails it would be a major step forward. Depending on the algorithm, I either get a blank pane, and have to get into properties to see the text, or, with more recent PKIX-based algorithms, have to wait for a megabyte download of CRL (or, if I am offline, a two minute lockup of my PC). Grrr I don't care what standard signed mails conform to, I just want them filtered out at source:-) Tom Petch <snip> _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf