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From: argv%turnpike@Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.elm,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Ooops.. MMDF clarification (was: MMDF, Smail and Elm Mailer)
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Date: 21 Nov 89 21:15:56 GMT
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oops... let me clarify something...

In article <128223@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> argv@sun.UUCP (Dan Heller) writes:
> This is because XENIX's MMDF not only uses the ^A^A^A^A line to separate
> messages, but it also uses the From_ line to do it.  It's questionable
> whether this is "correct" or not, but suffice to say that most MMDF's
> don't do this.

I worded that poorly.  Imeant to say that XENIX's configuration of
MMDF is such that in addition to the ^A^A^A^A line, it also adds the
From_ line in messages.  However, the From_ line is not used to
separate messages in MMDF's view -- you could have other From_
lines embedded in MMDF messages.  The additional From_ line is a
"gimme", but chances are, you won't find those lines in folders created
from other (non-xenix) MMDF installations.
dan