On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:52:58 -0800, "Heller, Paul" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>It appears that Listserv is automatically
>inserting a linebreak after 76 characters, which will disrupt the
>"linkableness" of any URL exceeding 76 characters.

LISTSERV is not doing this.  Either the sender's mail program, or mail system
gateway, or the receiver's mail system gateway or mail program is doing any line
wrapping you may observe.

>I searched the LSTOWN archives and found a message posted back in '96 from
>someone who wanted to know if the line break setting in Listserv can be
>adjusted, but strangely, no reply was listed.

LISTSERV has no such setting, so there is nothing to adjust.  The simplest
explanation of a very complex subject is that LISTSERV handles the message body
internally as a bytestream and does not generally use the concept of 'line'.
Without the concept of 'line' there also cannot be a concept of 'line-wrapping'
or 'line break'.