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Re: [UUG/MLUG] /var/spool/mail/...
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Routier, Daniel J. wrote:
> 
> The deal is this:
> If you try to spoof a header "\nFrom " into the body of the email, it
> actually gets written to the inbox file like this:
> 
> >From EMAIL:PROTECTED Some Date 1999
> 

Yes, we in Mathematics have quite a hard time with this when we send
papers to each other.  Often we have lines beginning with From.  When
we pass the papers through TeX, the extra > becomes some kind of
upside down question mark.

By the way, the best way to download your email from a pop client is
using fetchmail.  It is very easy to set up and use.

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