Re: VM 5.32 problem with extra "From" lines

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From: Mike Northam
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 18:04

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>>>>> "david" == David J. MacKenzie <djm@eng.umd.edu> writes:

    > 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.

david>    I've seen this when people use things like "deliver" to
david>    preprocess incoming mail.  Such programs need better emulate the
david>    real mail delivery program.

david> How about the SVR4 mailer?  Does it quote "From " lines?  It uses
david> a Content-Length: header to figure out where the message ends, right?
david> The original poster didn't say what MTA he's using.

SVR4 mailer doesn't quote "From " lines--at least the one here doesn't (I
suppose it could be a bug).  All I know is that VM breaks up anything with
"From " at the beginning of a line into a separate message.
--
Mike Northam, Shorter Software Solutions, on contract to Intel Corp.
(h) (503) 324-1831 (intel office) (503) 696-4860 (shorter) (503) 357-1010
mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com
"You ducks are really trying my patience...but you're SOOO cute. --Apu 9F01

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From: mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam)
Subject: Re: VM 5.32 problem with extra "From" lines
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