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From: doug@ve7apu.UUCP ( VE7APU)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: RFC822 compatibility
Keywords: RFC-822 elm
Message-ID: <300@ve7apu.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 89 21:40:28 GMT
Organization: Doug Lockhart VE7APU, Richmond, BC, Canada
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I am using elm 2.2 pl2 with smail 2.3. and I am also using the smtp 
in the KA9Q tcp/ip package.   When I try to open a folder which
contains SMTP messages, I get the response, "Folder is corrupt!! I can't
read it!"  This message is coming from newmail.c which requires the first
line in the folder to start with "From ".

The rfc 822 specifications do not list "From " as a possible header.  The
smtp messages contain "From:" headers however but not as the first line.
The Overview document says that one of the objectives of 2.2 was, "to have
a mailer that was 100% correct when dealing with network mail (ie RFC-822)."

Here is a sample header from an SMTP message:

Received: from ve7apu-1.ampr by ve7apu.ampr with SMTP
	id 1 ; Fri, 20 May 88 02:14:42 PST
Date: Thu, 19 May 88 19:07:38 PDT
Message-Id: <7@ve7apu.pc.ampr>
From: doug@ve7apu.pc.ampr (Douglas Lockhart)
To: doug
Subject: SMTP testing

My questions are:
1. Am I doing something wrong?
2. What is the extent of ELM 2.2 compatibility with RFC822?
3. Is the requirement to have all messages starting with "From "
   compatible with RFC 822?
4. How do I get ELM to read my smtp messages?

Doug Lockhart, VE7APU
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