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Subject: Re: [unfurl@dub.net: archival and qmail problems]
From: Jeffrey Goldberg <J . Goldberg @ Cranfield . ac . uk>
Organization: Cranfield University Computer Centre
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:17:41 +0000 (GMT)
To: Rejo <rejo @ sisterray . xs4all . nl>
Cc: Majordomo-Users <majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <19990226092826.A199@sisterray.xs4all.nl>
Reply-to: Jeffrey Goldberg <J . Goldberg @ Cranfield . ac . uk>

On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Rejo wrote:

> >I believe that there is a parameter in qmail for saying that when it
> >appends to a mailbox it should put in the berkeley style 
> >   From USER DATE
> >separator.  But I don't know qmail.
> 
> Do you know what this header is used for?

It is not a header.  It is a separator.  The information in it might be
used by mail, mailx, Mail and the like, but it is in no way part of mail
standards (although it is not a violation of mail standards because it is
not transmitted over any standard or public mail transport machanism).

Another common separator is a string of four (five?) Ctrl-As on a line by
themselves.  Again, this is up to the software that stores and retrieves
your mail from a file.

-j

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