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In article <817464773snz@keris.demon.co.uk>, Chris Croughton
<chris@keris.demon.co.uk> writes

>If it's long, is it permissible to split it (using the method used for
>the other header lines, starting the line with whitespace)?  I had a
>suspicion that it's the one line which doesn't work like that.

All header lines can be split at whitespace. What you are probably
remembering is that the Newsgroups: line cannot contain white space and
so cannot be split.

>Otherwise, could newsreaders (I use SNEWS) chop off the leading (older)
>references before passing it to the external editor, possibly using a
>configurable option?

What you are meant to do is to keep all preceding references and then
add one. If you must trim (because you're running on a ZX80 or something
similar and have run out of space) then you should keep the root of the
thread and at least the last three references (as ever, consult "son-of-
RFC1036" for this). It is also recommended that you keep the references
for any article which is quoted in the body :-) an interesting exercise!

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