Actually, that message looked better than many that go out.
I had set my news Send wrap to 60, since at 76 some lines
were so much longer than others.
My email Send options are set at 76 at the moment, so the
differences in line length are greater than this - but this
is bad enough. In order for the line lengths as shown in
Bruce's message to stay longer than 60, I just put my news
Send back to 76.

As it appears in my Sent folder, (hoping it stays that way
when it gets to the group!)the word "get" at the beginning
of the 5th line could have been at the end of the fourth
line.

My own outgoing messages have irregular line breaks, no
matter where I set my wrap. Lines are of varying lengths
for no apparent reason. If I edit the outgoing message to
get rid of ridiculously short lines, by hitting delete to
get rid of what would be hard or soft returns in word
processing, the same or a different stupid line break gets
in.

As it appeared in Bruce's reply, the line breaks are still
goofy:

My own outgoing messages have irregular line breaks, no
matter where I set my wrap. Lines are of varying lengths
for no apparent reason. If I edit the outgoing message to
get rid of ridiculously short lines, by hitting delete to
get rid of what would be hard or soft returns in word
processing, the same or a different stupid line break gets
in.

In the message as it got to the group, there is no reason
the word "the" on the third line could not have been at the
end of the second line. Same story for the word "delete" in
the fourth line - why isn't it at the end of the third line?
Well, except I notice now that the first line is much longer
than 60! How does a message I send at 60 get changed by the
recipient's setting?

And, back to my original problem - is there any way to
encourage OE to wrap correctly?

Sarah