> > In an mbox, messages must have a > > Lines: header (often added by the delivery agent) so that a reader > > knows how many lines the message is. > > Not "must have", but it makes mbox processing more efficient. If the > Lines header is not there, the reader just reads on until it finds a > blank line followed by "From ". This is why, when someone begins a > paragraph with the word "From", you often see that the mail software has > changed it to ">From" -- it prevents confusion.
This is, of course, an old rant. One of the better threads about this is available here: http://www.jwz.org/doc/content-length.html Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
