From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/34397 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Colin Marquardt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Flowed format Date: 25 Jan 2001 12:37:25 -0800 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035170331 30197 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:18:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:18:51 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: line Return-Path: Original-Received: from karazm.math.uh.edu (karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.1]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9274D049E for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:40:08 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by karazm.math.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAC29741; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:39:21 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:37:22 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@66-209.196.61.interliant.com [209.196.61.66] (may be forged)) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA05965 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:37:10 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from netmail2.alcatel.com (netmail2.alcatel.com [128.251.168.51]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F367D049D for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:37:29 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from relay1.usa.alcatel.com (relay1.usa.alcatel.com [143.209.238.6]) by netmail2.alcatel.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA12792 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:37:45 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from lwmail01.pet.usa.alcatel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay1.usa.alcatel.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA07190 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:37:26 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from optilink.pet.usa.alcatel.com ([10.11.2.49]) by lwmail01.pet.usa.alcatel.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 lwmail01 Aug 8 2000 13:22:32) with ESMTP id G7QJZL00.1SP for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:38:09 -0800 Original-Received: from sol-cmarquar.pet.usa.alcatel.com (sol-cmarquar [143.209.122.168]) by optilink.pet.usa.alcatel.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16959 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:37:25 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from cmarquar@localhost) by sol-cmarquar.pet.usa.alcatel.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) id MAA04790; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:37:25 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: sol-cmarquar.pet.usa.alcatel.com: cmarquar set sender to colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: X-Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are not those of Alcatel USA. User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) XEmacs/21.1 (Canyonlands) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Original-Lines: 15 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:34397 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:34397 Harry Putnam writes: > I get these horribly formatted messages from the tech staff at my ISP. [...] > What I see are usually a greeting line then maybe 5-6 empty lines, > then another line or two with another major gap then a message in what > looks like a long continuous line. [...] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Not sure about the effects multipart might have, but is your fill-column variable set to sensible values for that buffer? Was a problem for me once... Colin