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Article #8901Re: VM 5.32 problem with extra "From" lines
From: David J. MacKenzie
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1992 21:56
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1992 21:56
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> I've only noticed the second situation where people have replied to my
> messages. I can't seem to duplicate the problem (might just be a bad
> mailer out there on our campus).
>
> I've had the "From" problem happen twice in the last two days.
I've seen this when people use things like "deliver" to
preprocess incoming mail. Such programs need better emulate the
real mail delivery program.
How about the SVR4 mailer? Does it quote "From " lines? It uses
a Content-Length: header to figure out where the message ends, right?
The original poster didn't say what MTA he's using.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6829,17266e89dd2a2f4f X-Google-Attributes: gidf6829,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-12-09 14:07:52 PST Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.vm.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!mojo.eng.umd.edu!news!djm From: djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) Subject: Re: VM 5.32 problem with extra "From" lines Message-ID: <DJM.92Dec9165636@tweak.eng.umd.edu> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 92 21:56:36 GMT Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland In-Reply-To: kyle@crystal.wonderworks.com's message of Tue, 8 Dec 1992 17:37:14 -0500 References: <9212081928.AA12821@crystal.wonderworks.com> <SHUTTON.92Dec7134225@fokker.union.indiana.edu> <SHUTTON.92Dec8172354@fokker.union.indiana.edu> <9212082237.AA13136@crystal.wonderworks.com> Lines: 13