Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!tness7!killer!osu-cis!mstar!karl From: karl@mstar.UUCP (Karl Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Poll on shar formats Message-ID: <893@mstar.UUCP> Date: 3 Jun 88 03:44:59 GMT References: <868@fig.bbn.com> Reply-To: karl@mstar.UUCP (Karl Fox) Organization: Morning Star Technologies, Columbus, Ohio Lines: 11 In article <868@fig.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: >The shar stuff I just released only puts out the leading 'X' when >the first character is a non-alphabetic. ... >As a minimum, for safety when going through mail systems, etc., >the lines I protect need that protection. Lines beginning with "From" will get a ">" stuck in front of them when passing through some mail systems if the "X" is omitted. -- Karl Fox, Morning Star Technologies ...!{att,cbosgd,osu-cis,pyramid}!mstar!karl