VM 5.32 problem with extra "From" lines

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1992 19:28

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Scott K. Hutton writes:
 > I've received at least a couple messages which were split because they
 > contained a line that begins with "From".

"\nFrom " is consdiered to be a message separator.  It's the job
of the mail delivery program to quote separators that occur in
the body of messages.  By the time the mail reader get hold of
the message it is too late.

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Message-ID: <9212081928.AA12821@crystal.wonderworks.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wendy-fate.uu.net!bug-vm

References: <SHUTTON.92Dec7134225@fokker.union.indiana.edu>

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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 14:28:33 -0500
From: kyle@crystal.wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones)
Message-ID: <9212081928.AA12821@crystal.wonderworks.com>
Subject: VM 5.32 problem with extra "From" lines
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