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From: edhall%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re:        Problem with Michael Cohen's header-cleanup script
Message-ID: <2256@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 02:09:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 23 02:09:00 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jun-83 14:34:04 EDT
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Indeed, many mailers (especially older ones) add `>' in front of any pre-
existing line that starts with `From', whether in the header or body.  This
is because some mail programs use the `From' line to define boundries
between messages, and look only at the first five letters.  The V7 mail
program is this way.  In fact, if mail has a path through a system with
such a mailer, it may well have the `>''s attatched even if the source
and destination systems are `smarter'.

There are more Vanilla V7 systems lurking about than you might think...

		-Ed