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In article <9301090452.AA17680@SERVER.uwindsor.ca> ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof) writes:
>Let's assume the BODY of an item contains a line answering exactly
>to the syntax of the "From " line, with a blank line preceding it,
>plus some other header lines (the author is giving an example of
>some header lines), and a trailing blank line.
>The receiving software will prefix that "From " line with a ">".
>Assume the user grumbles and edits the item, removing that ">"
>because he knows it doesn't belong there.

As a first line of defense, any "mailbox editor" should not allow this
to occur.  One good reason to not enable elm's E)dit mailbox function.
It's too dangerous, of little practical use, and annoying when you
hit 'e' accidentally.  I'd much prefer a system where you can edit
individual pieces of mail safely, rather than entire mbox.

>When he then references the folder containing that item, there will
>now be one more item than before, right?

Probably.

>Or does "elm" understand that this is still the body of that item?
>I hope the latter...

One can never be sure what will happen when someone corrupts an mbox.
Assuming the situation described above, I can't see how elm could be
able to tell if the message was part of the body or a new message.

--Dave
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System Administrator, Population Research Institute    barr@pop.psu.edu
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