Re:choppy mesages

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re:choppy mesages
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 16:24:59 -0500
Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net
Subject:  Re:choppy mesages
  Date:   Mon, 5 May 1997 16:04:06 -0500
  From:   "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-headwaters-dot-com>
    To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


> 
> Lately, the Tesla list serve has a lot of messages that wrap around and
> one
> word ends up on the next line by itself. Robert  Michaels wrote
> something to
> the effect to one of the posters "please limit your line length to 70
> characters"" but also said "do not insert carriage returns in each
> line".
> Well, I for one, use Eudora Pro, and it does not allow me to set line
> length, and it does not insert soft carriage returns, and the only way I
> would have of limiting lines to 70 characters is to insert hard carriage
> returns.
> 
> Why has this only recently become a problem?  I'm using the same mail
> software as I have since I joined the list, over a year ago.  It is only
> recently that I and several other posters have started having messages
> get
> this 70 column wrap-around problem.  And I agree it is irritating as all
> heck!
> 
> Chip, anyone, do any of you  know what is causing this and what can I
> (we)
> do to fix it?  Just telling people to limit their line lengths to 70
> characters isn't gonna do it.
> 
> 
> Below is a test paragraph of the above message with lines limited to 70
> characters via hard carriage returns.  I'm curious as to how it will
> post.
> 
>                      1                     2                     3
> 4                     5                     6                     7
> 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> 
> Lately, the Tesla list serve has a lot of messages that wrap around and
> one
> word ends up 
> on the next line by itself. Robert  Michaels wrote something to the
> effect
> to one of the
> posters "please limit your line length to 70 characters"" but also said
> "do
> not insert 
> carriage returns in each line".  Well, I for one, use Eudora Pro, and it
> does not allow me to
>  set line length, and it does not insert soft carriage returns, and the
> only
> way I would have 
> of limiting lines to 70 characters is to insert hard carriage returns.
> 
> Why has this only recently become a problem?  I'm using the same mail
> software as I
> have since I joined the list, over a year ago.  It is only recently that
> I
> and several other 
> posters have started having messages get this 70 column wrap-around
> problem.
> And I 
> agree it is irritating as all heck!
> 
> Chip, anyone, do any of you  know what is causing this and what can I
> (we)
> do to fix it? 
> Just telling people to limit their line lengths to 70 characters isn't
> gonna
> do it.
> 
> 
> Bert Pool
> bertpool-at-flash-dot-net
> 

Chip, All,

I observed this problem occur simultaneously to Chip starting to use 
the new Listserve software a few month's ago which would allow Storey 
Clamp to become remote List Moderator.

rwstephens