Who comments out the From_ lines?

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From: David Elliott
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 1990 16:09

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When I was using a 4.3BSD machine, I found that mail messages
containing lines beginning with the word "From " would be
changed into ">From " by the mail system (it looks like it was
rmail).

Now that I've switched to SVR4, this no longer happens.  This
means that programs like MH that expect the "From " to be
a message separator get broken.  On the other hand, mailx and
the other SVR4 mailers don't get confused by this.

Is the "commenting" of these lines a requirement, or just a
nicety?  I don't mind changing MH and other tools, but I want
to know that our SVR4 isn't just broken.

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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Who comments out the From_ lines?
Message-ID: <1990Oct21.160918.9684@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 21 Oct 90 16:09:18 GMT
Sender: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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