Re: Mail body missing

[Earl Hood <earl@earlhood.com>]

On July 28, 2003 at 06:34, pegmgr@po.peg.com wrote:

>    >>> MHonArc does not like messages which contain lines beginning
>    >>> with the word From .  It's pretty much been an issue for the
>    >>> past 10 years, so yes, it is a known problem.
>    >
>    >=v= No, MHonArc has no problem with such messages.  I just now
>    >tested it.  Sendmail, the default Unix mail transport system,
>    >*does* have a problem with such lines, and that problems about
>    >30 years old.
> 
> I see it happen every day, so it does happen. What version are you
> using?

The unescaped From problem is discussed in the FAQ:
<http://www.mhonarc.org/MHonArc/doc/faq/archives.html#split>

This is not really a limitation of MHonArc, but a limitation of
the UUCP-style mailbox format.

--ewh

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