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  • +258 chars per para, Re: Tall buildings +steps

    From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Daryl Stout on Thursday, October 08, 2020 19:34:18
    On 07/10/2020 10:24 a.m., Daryl Stout : August Abolins wrote:

    To get around it, maybe limit every paragraph to just 2
    sentences max.

    Getting Joe to shorten up his replies is asking the impossible.
    <g,d,r>


    He can write as much as he wants, just no more than 258 chars before
    a hard <CR>



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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to August Abolins on Thursday, October 08, 2020 22:33:00
    August,

    To get around it, maybe limit every paragraph to just 2
    sentences max.

    Getting Joe to shorten up his replies is asking the impossible.
    <g,d,r>


    He can write as much as he wants, just no more than 258 chars before
    a hard <CR>

    Well, with Multi-Mail, I'd rather keep it under 80.

    Daryl

    ... I took an IQ test, and the results were negative.
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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Daryl Stout on Friday, October 09, 2020 14:37:00
    10-08-20 22:33 Daryl Stout wrote to August Abolins about +258 chars per para, Re:
    Howdy! Daryl,

    @MSGID: <5F803584.23669.memoryln@capitolcityonline.net>
    @REPLY: <5F7F625B.23667.memoryln@capitolcityonline.net>
    August,

    To get around it, maybe limit every paragraph to just 2
    sentences max.

    Getting Joe to shorten up his replies is asking the impossible.
    <g,d,r>


    He can write as much as he wants, just no more than 258 chars before
    a hard <CR>

    Well, with Multi-Mail, I'd rather keep it under 80.

    When I see the Col:## getting near 78 is when I try ending a line, thinking about any Reply to my message will have a Word-Wrap problem.

    ... I took an IQ test, and the results were negative.

    Your IQ is lower than Mine.
    When I got the Call Sign KN4ZIQ the Phonetics for the ZIQ were:

    Zero Intelligence Quotient

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    Hmmm, I'm using MM DOS 49 and MM WIN 50 here, looks like I need to grab a
    newer Version of MM to get up to date.

    I mostly use MM DOS, I used MM WIN ff I need to Copy&Paste some text into a Message.
    I haven't learned how to do that with MM DOS. DUH!

    73 de Ed W9ODR . .


    ... Ignorant?! Ha! I don't even know the meaning of the word!
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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Ed Vance on Friday, October 09, 2020 21:02:40
    Well, with Multi-Mail, I'd rather keep it under 80.

    I think MultiMail will do that itself. Even my linux version of MultiMail seems to wrap text with CR/LF line endings. Looks good on just about any old BBS. :)

    When I see the Col:## getting near 78 is when I try ending a line,
    thinking about any Reply to my message will have a Word-Wrap problem.

    That's the age old problem of DOS and BBSs generally.

    Hmmm, I'm using MM DOS 49 and MM WIN 50 here, looks like I need to grab a newer Version of MM to get up to date.

    You can grab the newest versions from..

    http://wmcbrine.com/mmail

    Your current version will also work well also but there were small fixes for something or other applied to the updated versions.

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Ed Vance on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 17:50:00
    Ed,

    When I see the Col:## getting near 78 is when I try ending a line, thinking about any Reply to my message will have a Word-Wrap problem.

    I had to look at Notepad with MultiMail to see how long the line was.
    If I get a long URL, I have to split it up, and note "above URL all on
    one line).

    ... I took an IQ test, and the results were negative.

    Your IQ is lower than Mine.
    When I got the Call Sign KN4ZIQ the Phonetics for the ZIQ were:

    Zero Intelligence Quotient

    That tagline was what prompted the late Nancy Backus to reply "That
    explains a lot <g,d,r>". I posted a link to her obituary, and to her
    graveside service in the FIDONet Memories echo, and the ILinkNet
    Friendly Talk echo. I also sent that to Janis Kracht, for inclusion
    in the next FidoGazette.

    Hmmm, I'm using MM DOS 49 and MM WIN 50 here, looks like I need to grab
    a newer Version of MM to get up to date.

    I found out I'm using an OLD version of BlueDV from PA7LIM, for my D-Star, DMR, and Fusion...but I've never used Fusion, and have used DMR sparingly. Otherwise, I'm going 6 D-Star Nets a week.

    I mostly use MM DOS, I used MM WIN ff I need to Copy&Paste some text
    into a Message.
    I haven't learned how to do that with MM DOS. DUH!

    I switched from OLX, because it wouldn't run under Windows 10 64-bit.

    ... Ignorant?! Ha! I don't even know the meaning of the word!

    If ignorance is bliss, then this world is Heaven. :P

    I saw a meme where it said "We Don't Need God In California". Next to
    it was a picture of wildfires, earthquakes, etc., with the words "This
    Is A Warning".

    Daryl

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