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Re: Header editing (Was Rewriting history)

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From: Mark Rogers
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 00:00
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In article <816979196snz@tsys.demon.co.uk>
   Tom Wheeley <tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> Isn't that _very_ 'unstable'? f.e. (commented out)
> 
> # From:
> 
> ie, splitting one mail into 2, the second with no header...

Don't forget that this is news, so it's okay to put:
From at the start of a line here :-)

Note that it's "From " not "From: " (look in a mailbox file for proof). 
Also, note that when KA9Q receives mail containing "From " at the start 
of a line (case sensitive) it prepends a ">" to that line so that there 
is no confusion. So if I were to mail this to you, you'd see the second 
line of my first paragraph begin ">From " instead of "From ". [*]

Since it doesn't change ">From " to ">>From " this is not reversible, so 
not only will you have >From in your mailbox, but pc-elm/snews will 
display it as >From as well.

[*] It may be that KA9Q looks for a blank line prior to the "From ", I 
can't remember, so my first paragraph may get through okay anyway.

Mark.
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From: Mark Rogers <mcr@holly.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Header editing (Was Rewriting history)
Date: 1995/11/22
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