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>>>>> "SJ" == Sudish Joseph <sudish@VNET.IBM.COM> writes:

SJ> The example simply points out that your notion of "real world" is
SJ> incorrect.

No, your example support what I have said.  External mail has a
`From:' header. 

SJ> Precisely why I would prefer to have that one glaring exception be
SJ> handled manually, instead of having GNUS decide for me.

It is *not* a glaring exception!  Messages in mbox format without
From: lines are quite common.  They are just not created by mail
delivery agents, but other programs such as mail and news readers
using `FCC: '.

My point has has been that incoming, external mail without `From: '
is rare, and that we should set the default for the common case,
namely `From:' less messages generated by other programs or perhaps
local mailers.