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John H Palmieri <John.H.Palmieri.2@nd.edu> writes:

  > I suspect that having entries longer than one line is bad, but can
  > someone confirm this?

Lines beginning with linear whitespace (i.e., space or tab) are
considered to be continuation lines of the previous line.

This also means that it is important to distinguish between blank and
empty lines -- only empty lines may be used for separating the header
from the body of a message.

kai
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