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From: rshwake@irs1.UUCP (rshwake)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Survey on damage by mailers.
Message-ID: <256@irs1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 18:41:26 EST
Article-I.D.: irs1.256
Posted: Tue Nov 24 18:41:26 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 07:49:36 EST
References: <408@minya.UUCP>
Organization: Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC
Lines: 12
Summary: Prepending "From" with ">" done for security reasons


	I don't know if the original poster's intent was to suggest that
prepending lines beginning with "From " with ">" constitutes damage. Since
the "From " string is used as a delimiter, separating one message from
another, SOME means is required to prevent lines beginning with such a
string from signaling the start of a new message.

	More critically, it would be TOO easy to fake a message from some
user if such potential delimiters were not masked.

					Ray Shwake
					IRS User Assistance Branch