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Article #1871Re: Who comments out the From_ lines?
From: Leslie Mikesell
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 14:23
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 14:23
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In article <8134@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes: >The System V stuff looks for the pattern: >/^From user <ctime> remote from <blah>$/ >Instead of just "From ". Given that they're doing something stupid >by seperating messages with things which could naturally appear in >the text, this is a pretty good compromise. On the contrary, this pattern is going to appear in the body if you mail a saved mail message, a mailbox file, or if you forward a message from a mailer like ELM that sends the whole thing verbatim with new headers above it. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!gargoyle!chinet!les From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Who comments out the From_ lines? Message-ID: <1990Oct23.142320.20180@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 23 Oct 90 14:23:20 GMT References: <1990Oct21.160918.9684@smsc.sony.com> <8134@gollum.twg.com> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX Lines: 16