On Mon, 9 Apr 2012, Woodchuck wrote: > fmt -flagswhatever FILENAME >/tmp/mytemp > mv /tmp/mytemp FILENAME You might find the tidy utility (http://tidy.sourceforge.net/) handy for this operation. It accepts the "-wrap N" option, which works great in my toolchains, but I've never tried it on Mailman archives. > fmt(1) is not robust, either. It will format the whole file with > a single-minded determination. This includes mail headers, > attachments, blah blah. it might even break the html. There > are many unexpected consequences. tidy won't break the HTML, at least, but there may indeed be unintended consequences. Testing suggested. :-) -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W