[H-GEN] Anti-Virus software for linux

Jason Henry Parker jasonp at uq.net.au
Mon Apr 22 19:46:13 EDT 2002


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hphillips at 4ward.com.au writes:

> Ok, I didn't mean that quite like you took it, and I am sorry if it caused offence. What I meant was that the Russian laws regarding advertising probably offer less protection than we are accustomed to here in Australia.

Hi.  The mail you're sending on to the list is presenting one
paragraph per line (see above, hopefully) whereas the standard is to
break paragraphs at or about the 72nd character (like I'm doing
here).  

Your headers say you're using a mail client I'm not familiar with[1]
so I'm afraid I can't tell you how to fix it, but if you'd take a trip
through your configuration and find the option that talks about
"formatted text" or something similar, I think you'll find you'll get
more and better responses to messages sent to the list (most notably I
would be moved to respond if your messages were easier for me to
read[2]).

jason

[1] : X-Mailer: NeoPlanet Version: 5.2.0.1704

[2] : Various studies have shown that text that is too wide is harder
      to read than stuff that's a little narrower (the limits aren't
      precise, but the general principle holds).  Your lines are so
      long that they would be wider than any display showing them.
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