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Article #314binmail vs MMDF mail file format
From: Bill Wisner
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1989 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1989 00:00
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> But the simple fact that ^A is not a printable >character means that mail MTAs are going to have a major problem in >mailing that message to someone. You don't mail \001s, you mail messages. The sequence \001\001\001\001 is only used in saved mail files, not when sending messages. \001\001\001\001 is unambiguous. It is a string that is not likely to appear in a mail message. On the other hand, I see "^From " in messages quite frequently. Well, actually, it's "^>From " that I see frequently. UNIX's stoopid mail format insures that no line which starts with the word From will survive intact. This mangling of mail is completely unwarranted. This sorry excuse for a mailbox format should have been retired years ago. Bill Wisner wisner@mica.berkeley.edu ucbvax!mica!wisner I'm not the NRA either.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!shelby!decwrl!ucbvax!mica.berkeley.edu!wisner From: wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,alt.religion.computers Subject: binmail vs MMDF mail file format Message-ID: <WISNER.89Jul4170048@anableps.berkeley.edu> Date: 5 Jul 89 00:00:48 GMT References: <113461@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1518@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <113567@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <WISNER.89Jul3114848@anableps.berkeley.edu> <113637@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Verrifast Plaine Co Ltd Lines: 17 In-reply-to: argv%eureka@Sun.COM's message of 4 Jul 89 20:35:38 GMT