Why wrap @ 80?

[JoeHill]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:28:41 -0400
Noah John Gellner disseminated the following:

> Why do we wrap text at 80 columns on TLUG, and elsewhere on the Net for
> that matter? I know that if your mailreader doesn't autowrap it can be
> unpleasant to read, but don't the vast majority of readers wrap? The
> advantage of not wrapping is that fwds, replies, and follow-ups don't
> get funky formatting due to the hard carriage returns. 

>From what I understand, it's for people who don't use a GUI at all, they read
their mail in text mode with Mutt or Pine.

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