[pct-l] Hard returns [OT]

[Wes Rose]

Hi Tortoise,
For the benefit of those who, like me, access the list online, I incorporate 
a 'hard return' when creating
emails to the list so that the post is legible and properly formatted.  Just 
a little cyber-courtesy if you will.

I access the PCT-L online, not by downloading emails.  When viewing the 
PCT-L online, some posts are formatted
to fit within the OE window, while other posts continue in a single sentence 
far beyond the right margin.  I am certain
that a few bemused readers can explain why this occurs, but I am not one of 
them.  Reading unformatted posts is a real
pain.  I appear to be one of the minority in this community who do not 
download PCT-L content via email, such as you
do.  My current solution is to copy and paste an interesting unformatted 
post onto a blank MS Word document, which
resolves the formatting problem.
Kindly,
Wes


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tortoise" <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
To: "Wes Rose" <wb104475 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hard returns [OT]


> that is a problem with your email program.
>
> I used ThunderBird and it does NOT properly wrap some emails. It is a 
> ThunderBird defect, not the sender's.
>
> Tortoise
>
> Because truth matters"
>
>
>
> Wes Rose wrote:
>> Have you ever noticed that some posts to the PCT-L exceed the right 
>> margin and continue on and on and on, far past the right margin?  And if 
>> you're accessing the PCT-L online (rather than downloading via email), it 
>> can take up to 36 minutes (slight exaggeration to make a point) to read 
>> one post simply because you constantly have to scroll and read, scroll 
>> and read, scroll and read?  This happens because the author of the post 
>> allows the text to "wrap" instead of hitting the return key at the end of 
>> each sentence.  If you depress the return key at the end of each sentence 
>> (like typing on a typewriter), your post will NOT go on and on and on for 
>> a mile, but will instead be properly formatted and OH so much easier to 
>> read online.  Seriously.  Hard Return.  Try it!
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