From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/9887 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Randal Schwartz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: mbox quoting (was: Re: Gnus, movemail, POP3, trailing empty lines) Date: 11 Feb 1997 06:33:11 -0700 Sender: merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Message-ID: <8civ3za2nc.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com> References: <0fbu9soebf.fsf@fraxinus.daimi.aau.dk> <8clo8v4i0j.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035149845 21153 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:37:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:37:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Randal Schwartz , Greg Stark , ding@ifi.uio.no Return-Path: Original-Received: from riker.diamond-lane.net (root@riker [206.190.83.4]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA29398 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:00:36 -0800 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by riker.diamond-lane.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA01336 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:06:45 -0800 Original-Received: from gadget.cscaper.com (gadget.cscaper.com [206.67.186.3]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:33:37 +0100 Original-Received: (from merlyn@localhost) by gadget.cscaper.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) id GAA15778; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:33:12 -0700 (MST) Original-To: Per Abrahamsen In-Reply-To: Per Abrahamsen's message of 11 Feb 1997 14:28:06 +0100 Original-Lines: 27 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.11/Emacs 19.34 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:9887 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:9887 >>>>> "Per" == Per Abrahamsen writes: Per> Randal Schwartz writes: Per> (1) When software using the old algorithm is used on mboxes created by Per> the new algorithm, no additional damage is done. >> >> Wrong. >>From becomes >From, where it wasn't originally. That looks >> like damage to me. Per> Wrong. The old algorithm doesn't unqote "^>>From" so no change happens. Per> You /could/ argue that it does damage by *not* unquoting it, though. Per> Perhaps you were talking about the case (2), where this can happen? Oops. Yes, I read this backwards. Really, the two things are just plain incompatible. I don't know why you tried to explain it any better than that. Using a "new" quoting on an old box or an "old" quoting on a new box will break things. -- Name: Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 Keywords: Perl training, UNIX[tm] consulting, video production, skiing, flying Email: Snail: (Call) PGP-Key: (finger merlyn@ora.com) Web: My Home Page! Quote: "I'm telling you, if I could have five lines in my .sig, I would!" -- me