29 Sep
2000
29 Sep
'00
3:11 p.m.
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"RJ" == Ron Jarrell "Re: [Mailman-Developers] List-* header suggestion" Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:32:06 -0400
>> Would the long List-* header fields be more attractive and
>> easier to read if they were folded something like the
>> following?
>>
>> List-Subscribe: <http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers>,
>> <mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
>> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers>,
>> <mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
>> Perhaps folding after the comma would be OK unless the whole
>> field is not greater than, say, 78 characters?
RJ> Umm, the headers *are* folded.. In the very note that arrived
RJ> from you, they were folded that way. Unless a friendly MTA on
RJ> the way to me folded them for me, or unfolded them for you...
I meant _folding a mail header field_ as described in rfc822 section 3.1.1. Standards compliant MTAs won't fold or unfold a header field that it does not itself create. The header fields in question are not now folded. Perhaps your MUA wraps long lines.
jam
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