Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!edhall@rand-unix 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 Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2256 Posted: Thu Jun 23 02:09:00 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jun-83 14:34:04 EDT Lines: 11 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