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ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> Gnus uses mail-crash-box (a file in Unix mail format) to collect mails
> from various mail sources including maildir,  therefore, Gnus has to
> insert ">" before "From ".

It might be useful to modify Gnus to use some other format.  Maybe an
MH-style directory?  Or a modified mbox format with Content-Length
header added (so that From escaping is not necessary)?  (I think that
Lars has said he does not want to frob the message contents; this
might be an argument against the Content-Length header.  OTOH, From
escaping even frobs the message body, not just the header.  Hm.)

Er.  Of course, the other format would be an option!  Gnus would
default to the exiting behavior, I guess.

Whatcha all think?

kai
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