davidturetsky@??? said:
> I'm glad you raise this point. When I use vi/vim to compose a file for
> delivery via exim, I set the linelength to 70/72 and the delivered
> mail reads well and satisfies esthetic/politeness requirements.
> However when I use exim directly and explicitly use the 'enter' key to
> limit line length, when viewed with mail readers such as Outlook
> Express, which can accomodate arbitrary lengths depending on the size
> of the window, the lines are usually crudely broken where the 'enter'
> was inserted and the presentation is quite poor. When such text is
> included in a reply, the presentation degenerates even further
Exim is an MTA. Its job is to get mail from one place to another
without changing the content.
An MTA is not designed for the end user - the end user can consider
mail transport to be a piece of black magic that happens somehow... the
user just talks to their MUA (*not* the MTA).
Hence an MTA does not have reformatting, MIME support, spell checkers
or the capability to add and distribute viruses.
> Does exim have a 'linelength' option? Can I otherwise insert an
> appropriate control character to resolve this? Can exim add a feature
> such as in the latest version of vim that comes with debian 2.2 that
> shows the position on the line?
In a word no, and it never will have.
Nigel.
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