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Dick Munroe (munroe@dmc.com) wrote:
: I've performed a series of experiments and something is
: stripping blanks from mail messages:

: 1. Sent a message containing:

: aaaaaaaaaaa
:            
: bbbbbbbbbbb

: to myself via UUCP%"munroe@dmc.com"

: The "blank" line had been filled with spaces.

: 2. Checked the spool file, it had spaces in it.

: 3. Checked the copy self copy delivered by mail.  IT had spaces
: in it.

: 4. When UUCP/MX delivered the mail, the spaces were gone.

: So a few questions:

: (1) is my experiment bogus?

	No it is not.

: (2) Does DECUS UUCP (or MX, since that's REALLY the entity that
: had the message last) strip blanks?

	It is MX that is doing the stripping.

: (3) Is this behavior legal?

	I don't think so.

: (4) Should it be stopped?

	I had mentioned it to Hunter after I found it.  You can see it also if
you are running MX and not UUCP.  I noticed it with a mail message send via
SMTP and delivered with the traling blanks removed from each line.


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Earle Ake  Internet: <ake@dayton.saic.com>  NSI-DECnet (SPAN): 28276::ake