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Re: KA9Q - From to >From in received mail

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From: Paul L. Allen
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:00
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In article <QYG+dGAmVNo0IwD5@controlware.demon.co.uk>
    Mark Rogers <mark-news@controlware.demon.co.uk> writes:

> In article <882902776snz@courtfld.demon.co.uk>, Raj Rijhwani
> <raj@courtfld.demon.co.uk> writes
> >In article <m4vzFMA$h9n0Iw+v@controlware.demon.co.uk>
> >           mark-news@controlware.demon.co.uk "Mark Rogers" writes:
> >
> >> I know it does it, and I know why it does it, but has any serious
> >> thought gone into fixing it?
> >
> >I sincerely hope not - it would break PCElm.
> 
> What I am suggesting is that KA9Q follows the setting of "smtp
> separator",

Seems reasonable to me.  When I contemplated fixing Arc KA9Q I was just
going to make the ">" code conditional on having the separator set to
"From".  I suppose making it insert ">" before any instance of the separator
in the body is a better idea.  Mind you, that will only improve matters
if mailers which detect a particular separator detect "\nseparator" and
not just "separator", but it's still a better idea than mine.

--Paul
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From: "Paul L. Allen" <pla@sktb.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: KA9Q - From to >From in received mail
Date: 1997/12/24
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