Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mit-eddie!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!ut-sally!utastro!werner From: werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: 21-char Subject-limit (was Re: Proposed guidelines...) Summary: that's a reason to dump mailx Message-ID: <2732@utastro.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 88 20:35:46 GMT References: <3541@saturn.ucsc.edu> <1047@mybest.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 17 In article <1047@mybest.UUCP>, paddock@mybest.UUCP (Steve Paddock) writes: > In article <3541@saturn.ucsc.edu> dennie@venus.ucsc.edu (Dennie Van Tassel - Computer Center) writes: > >I am trying to write a list of guidelines for > >Subject headings in electronic mail. Here is my list. > Only the first 21 characters in the Subject: line should be considered > significant, as the remainder will not display in at least one commonly > used mail-user-interface (SysV mailx) once a Re: (four characters thanks for reminding us that we want to look for a replacement for mailx. :-) seriously, we should no longer accept software that has absurd limitations. there is hope: MM has been ported to a UNIX-environment at COLUMBIA and is now in beta-testing. contact MM-BUG@COLUMBIA.EDU .... we have it running on BSD-machines here, SUNs and Sequents (that I know of) ...