Philip, et al -- ...and then Philip Mak said... % % On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 09:05:37AM -0800, Carl B. Constantine wrote: % > Wrong. It's actually part of one of the internet RFC's. MUTT is not the % > only client that does this. All E-mail programs place a "quoted" symbol % > '>' for most people by the word From if it's the first word in a % > paragraph.
Actually, no *clients* do it; it's the MDA. % % Going a bit off topic: % % Unfortunately, the '>' seems to be placed inconsistently. For example, % if I send a message with the following line using pine: % % >From asdf I presume this wasn't like that in your original message :-) % % then the copy of the message saved in the sent-mail mbox does NOT have % a '>' before the "From". PINE probably pays attention to the Content-Length: header, which is one way to get around escaping ^From_ in an mbox. Meanwhile, the sent-mail box's don't go through an MDA to get modified. % % But the exim MTA on the other end that receives the message will write % it to the recipient's mbox as ">From asdf". Anything that writes to mbox should escape it as you see. Anything that writes to Maildir, MH, MMDF, or other should not. % % Because of this inconsistency, I think it's impossible to determine % for certain whether the message was sent with '>' in the first place % (which could happen if someone quoted a message without putting a % space after the '>', for example). If the author signed his message, you'll know right away :-) % % It seems to work in most cases to s/^>From/From/g, though. It would also work if you switched to Maildir; you shouldn't ever see it again. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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