On 2022 Jan 09 20:58:18, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

 AI>> This editor I am using now (GoldED) will save paragraphs
 AI>> as one long line.

 AS> I see a lot of posts written via GoldED and formatted  to  a
 AS> limited  line  width, usually the standard 72 charactes.  It
 AS> must be configurable in the settings.

that may be a function of the display code in whatever BBS, terminal, or mail reader one is using... these days line lengths are generally not forced except in cases of charts and tables but it depends on the software used to create the message as well as the software in use at the other end...

quotes, like mine above, are a different but similar matter...

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