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Subject: RE:truncated message
From: Jeffrey Goldberg <J . Goldberg @ Cranfield . ac . uk>
Organization: Cranfield University Computer Centre
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:35:16 +0100 (BST)
To: Christopher Adams <chris @ sparkie . osl . state . or . us>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980615120924.5659C@sparkie.osl.state.or.us>
Reply-to: Jeffrey Goldberg <J . Goldberg @ Cranfield . ac . uk>

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Christopher Adams wrote:

> The offending characters seem to be a period on a line [...]

Wow!  I didn't know that there were still mail systems that did this.
Long ago on a network far far away, it used to be that a "." on a line
by itself signalled the end of an email messages for many programs
generating, transporting and processing email.

I didn't know that there were still things around that did that.  I hope
that it's not majordomo, but something else.  Any I will include a small
test below my .sig

-j

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