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Subject: Re: RMAIL/Babyl format
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Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 10:56:46 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 30 10:56:46 1987
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[I posted this a few days ago, but I never saw it come back.
Apologies if this in fact is duplicated.]

Let's see if I remember my BNF for babyl files; this corresponds to
version 5:

File := 
* ; Some say there must be at least one message. Header := Babyl Options:\n * |^_ Header-option := ; See note [5] : * header-token := [^\000-\017:\177-\377]* ; Not these characters [tab is OK] header-value := ditto, if a list, each element separated by a comma and a space. message := \^L\n [01], ; See note [1] below ( ,)* ; Note space before and comma after token , (