[Info-vax] Writer advice requested

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 11/10/2010 2:56 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<iben6n$qrt$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>  writes:
>> On 2010-11-10 18:25, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article<910f992e-ed5a-4e27-9491-882c5b0857f2 at v20g2000prl.googlegroups.com>, MetaEd<metaed at gmail.com>   writes:
>>>> On Nov 10, 9:45 am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>> Can you make vim wrap at the indented column? =A0I hate trying to
>>>>> follow code that is indented but then the long lines wrap at the
>>>>> left margin.
>>>>
>>>> Vim normally wraps to the indented column.
>>>
>>> Hmm.  I have PHP code that is a bitch to read because it's like
>>> emails typed on WEENDOZE...
>>
>> OK, you have absolutely no idea what you are
>> talking about, right ? What exactly characterize
>> "emails typed on WEENDOZE" that makes them stand out ?
>
> The lack of carriage returns because they type and hope that their email
> program will automagically wrap their text.  Try reading WEEDOZE email in
> a text email agent and you'll see.  You're here on comp.os.vms, so it's
> probably you have access to VMS mail.  Have a look-see.  And, it's not a
> WEENDOZE only phenom but that's the crux of most of the emails that I have
> to suffer.

Are my messages unreadable?  I have a return key and I use it.

I have seen ONE message that came through as a single line about 700 
characters long.  I have been reading and posting news for more than 
twenty years.