Re: MHonArc mail archive line wrapping

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Hi -

> From: "Masataka Ohta" <mohta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: MHonArc mail archive line wrapping
...
> But, when plain text is good enough, we use plain text.
> 
> Assuming you have ASCII key board, 80-column assumption is
> reasonable.

For reasonable devices, I would agree.  But the use case cited
is for  people are using devices with display capabilities
which are in some respects much more limited than those of
the teletypes and CRTs in common use in the 1970s.  The
question is whether to change email practice in order to better
support these limited devices.  (My answer would be "no".)

Randy

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