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Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com> writes:

> xxFrom
> xx>From
> xx>>From
> 
> in an actual *message* gets stored as
> 
> xx>From
> xx>>From
> xx>>>From
> 
> and then the MTA before displaying it strips one > from any >*From
> line (that's a regexp "kleene" * not a glob *) yielding
> 
> xxFrom
> xx>From
> xx>>From
> 
> That's the Right Way(tm) to quote From lines.

This seems reasonable to me, and it's easy to implement.  I've put it
on the Quassia Gnus todo list.

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