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visigoth@naiad.fac.cs.cmu.edu writes:

> Actually, I read recently that "^From ..." is the separator.  Any
> reasonable mail agent ought to produce only "\nFrom ", but should
> accept any line beginning with "From " as beginning a new message,
> regardless of whether or not it was preceeded by a blank.

No; the mail delivery agent should always put a blank line before the
"From " line.  That's the de facto standard in this area.  If a
delivery agent doesn't do that, it's broken.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen