[Gllug] (no subject)

Alain Williams addw at phcomp.co.uk
Wed Nov 14 08:44:21 UTC 2001


On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:45:01PM +0000, William Palfreman wrote:
> I'm getting a stray > directly before lines begining with 
> From in the text body of emails I receive.  Presuamably this is a hack to
> help some program tell where emails begin in mbox mail files.  Still, it's
> breaking my PGP signatures.  I've tried to simulate one here.  At time
> of sending, the second linehas no > character in it at all.
> 
> Anybody know if there is a work around for this?

That is why I have for many years used a MMDF style mail box. This is where the
start/end of every mail is indicated by a line consisting of '^A^A^A^A' (where
^A is the byte with the hex value 01). You need to configure your MTA to
write mail boxes of that form.

-- 
Alain Williams

#include <std_disclaimer.h>

-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug




More information about the GLLUG mailing list