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Re: Line Wrapping Question

Ned Freed <NED@innosoft.com> Fri, 09 February 1996 03:47 UTC

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From: Ned Freed <NED@innosoft.com>
To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Cc: tcrowley@vermeer.com, NED@innosoft.com, ietf-822@list.cren.net, sukvg@wspu.microsoft.com
Subject: Re: Line Wrapping Question
In-Reply-To: "Your message dated Thu, 08 Feb 1996 15:10:58 -0800 (PST)" <96Feb8.151107pst.2733@golden.parc.xerox.com>
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> > If you're a vendor of MIME-capable software, support for text/enriched is a
> > must.

> Sorry to ask a stupid question, but why not use text/html instead of
> text/enriched?

Larry, it is far from a stupid question, as I'm sure you already know. There
are lots of issues surrounding what approach is best for formatted text
in email, and I for one would welcome a discussion of them.

				Ned

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