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Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> writes:

> Huh?  What if my *original* message just happened to have ">From " in one
> of the lines?  You've now turned it into "From ".

No.  "\n>From " matches the regexp "^>*From " and is therefore quoted
by this algorithm when imported.  When exported, the quote is removed.
I.e.

plain file:

	>From whatever

becomes when added to the mbox:

	>>From whatever

and then again when exported to plain text:

	>From whatever

Zero corruption.

The arguments for are:

- When used on new messages, the new algorithm is always perfect.
- When used on old messages, the new algorithm is usually better. 

The argument against:

- Better continue with well known corruption of new messages, than to
  make any risk of introducing new kinds of corruption to old messages.