for now i am doing   (setq org-ascii-text-width 40).  idk if recipient
devices are smaller, but it doesn't seem too bad if they are not.

On Thursday, May 23, 2024, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks both.
>
> > I write my email using org syntax and then invoke
> >
> > M-x org-mime-htmlize RET
> >
> > just before sending.
>
> i'm guessing that would solve all formatting issues.  not sure how quoting
> [top post or interstitial] conversations would work.
>
> however, last time i tried sending html through webmail, i couldn't gt it
> to send as html, as opposed to html as text.  perthaps there is a trick to
> it.
>
>
> as for ihor's suggestion, i tried (setq org-ascii-text-width
> most-positive-fixnum) and then realized that it would likely wrap plain
> lists thus:
>
>   - this is a list with a really long line which is like an unfilled
> paragraph and here it is filling but not to the fill-prefix org fills it to
>
>
> i'm guessing there is maybe no solution.  [i have had bad luck with geary
> and thunderbird, and unfortunately setting up emacs mail is at this time is
> too much for me [and not as accessible for me as webmail for various
> reasons [including but not limited to full mouseability]].]
>
> the workaround might be to set a really narrow fill column, i wonder?  not
> sure.
>
>
>
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