On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:55:25 -0600, Bryan Fritchie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>If this document is pulled as is, and sent back out to the end user, why is
>it "linear"?

This is the name of the style of the template message.  Certain data is inserted
into the template at 'runtime' and the message is then transmitted as a long
string (linear message) which is formatted automatically at 80 columns.  No
other formatting is permitted.

>Linear seems to indicate that it is actually more like a template that is
>being pulled into another template.  Is that correct?  

No.   This template is behaving as documented.