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Also known as: yEnc line length
How many encoded characters a post puts on each line, declared by the line= value on the =ybegin header and typically 128 for yEnc. The limit exists because NNTP and older news software mishandle very long lines. Decoders read the declared value rather than assuming one, and a mismatch between declared and actual length is one way a corrupted article shows itself.
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