[Mailman-Developers] List-* header suggestion

Ron Jarrell jarrell@vt.edu
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:32:06 -0400


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At 09:53 AM 9/29/00 -0400, John A. Martin wrote:
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>Would the long List-* header fields be more attractive and easier to
>read if they were folded something like the following?
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>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>,
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>Perhaps folding after the comma would be OK unless the whole field is
>not greater than, say, 78 characters?


Umm, the headers *are* folded.. In the very note that arrived from you,
they were folded that way.  Unless a friendly MTA on the way to me folded
them for me, or unfolded them for you...

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<font size=3>At 09:53 AM 9/29/00 -0400, John A. Martin wrote:<br>
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Would the long List-* header fields be more attractive and easier 
to<br>
read if they were folded something like the following?<br>
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List-Subscribe:
&lt;<a href="http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers" eudora="autourl">http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers</a>&gt;,<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>&lt;<a href="mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org%3Fsubject=subscribe" eudora="autourl">mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org?subject=subscribe</a>&gt;<br>
List-Unsubscribe:
&lt;http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers&gt;,<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>&lt;<a href="mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org%3Fsubject=unsubscribe" eudora="autourl">mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe</a>&gt;<br>
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Perhaps folding after the comma would be OK unless the whole field
is<br>
not greater than, say, 78 characters?</blockquote><br>
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Umm, the headers *are* folded.. In the very note that arrived from
you,<br>
they were folded that way.&nbsp; Unless a friendly MTA on the way to me
folded<br>
them for me, or unfolded them for you...<br>
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