line wrap problems

[Euclid]

[running Windows XP Home (SP1) with most of the latest updates]

After composing a message in OE6 then editing it, the line wraps don't
display correctly. They are generally transmitted OK when sending the email
(or news message) but they don't appear correctly in the OE composition
window. Some lines are very short even though they aren't terminated with a
carriage return - they're just wrapped incorrectly in the display. It is
difficult to determine where the true carriage returns are in the message,
so it's awkward to edit.

I'm talking about plain text messages, not html.

I have assumed for a long time that this a probably a problem (bug) built
into OE6, but I'm not sure. Does everyone else have the same problem, or is
something wrong with my computer?

I'd like to clarify this because I'm also seeing a line wrap problem in some
IE6 text composition windows in webforms. It might relate to the OE6 line
wrap problem mentioned above, or it might not. I don't know. In any case
IE6/OE6 don't seem to be very good about handling virtual line wraps
correctly, at least on my computer.
-E

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

[running Windows XP Home (SP1) with most of the latest updates]

After composing a message in OE6 then editing it, the line wraps don't
display correctly. They are generally transmitted OK when sending the
email (or news message) but they don't appear correctly in the OE
composition window. Some lines are very short even though they aren't
terminated with a carriage return - they're just wrapped incorrectly
in the display. It is difficult to determine where the true carriage
returns are in the message, so it's awkward to edit.

I'm talking about plain text messages, not html.

I have assumed for a long time that this a probably a problem (bug)
built into OE6, but I'm not sure. Does everyone else have the same
problem, or is something wrong with my computer?

I'd like to clarify this because I'm also seeing a line wrap problem
in some IE6 text composition windows in webforms. It might relate to
the OE6 line wrap problem mentioned above, or it might not. I don't
know. In any case IE6/OE6 don't seem to be very good about handling
virtual line wraps correctly, at least on my computer.
-E

OE does have this problem when you open a message from Drafts. I don't know
of a fix.

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