Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id HAA26741; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:19:44 -0400 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.7); Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:18:38 -0400 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (cf v2.9s-UTK) id HAA26470; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:18:33 -0400 Received: from mars.dsv.su.se (root@mars.dsv.su.se [130.237.158.10]) by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id HAA26447; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:18:27 -0400 Received: from [199.81.221.28] (ietfpool18.fedex.net [199.81.221.28]) by mars.dsv.su.se (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id NAA15994 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 13:18:22 +0200 X-Sender: jpalme@dsv.su.se (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 13:15:48 +0100 To: drums@cs.utk.edu From: Jacob Palme Subject: Maximum line length 78 or 80 characters? Maximum line length 78 or 80 characters? --------------------------------------- Section 2.3 of draft-ietf-drums-msg-fmt-01 says: > - Lines of characters in the body MUST be limited to 998 characters, and > SHOULD be limited to 80 characters, excluding the CRLF. Section 3.5 says: > Also, though the lines in the body MAY be a > maximum of 998 characters excluding the CRLF, lines SHOULD be limited to 78 > characters excluding the CRLF. The length limit should be the same in both cases. I suggest 80 characters *excluding* the CRLF. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jacob Palme (Stockholm University and KTH) for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme