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Subject: Re: Wrapping long lines (Was Re: FAQ update suggestion for "I'm having basic problems with find. Why?")
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 12:48:20 +0100
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> Yeah it appears in ... [RFC1855] as "Be conservative in what you send 
> and liberal in what you receive.", just a few paragraphs above where 
> it recommends:
> 
> "Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a line with a 
> carriage return."

Limiting line length to fewer than 65 characters is about being
"conservative in what you send".

My contention is about mail archivers being "liberal in what you [they]
receive".

Bill
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