mjw@naples.UUCP (Matthew Waugh) (10/09/86)
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I'm just
as sure I haven't seen it!
What is the standard for e-mail interchange in UNIX, and what
if any are the documented references?
Specifically I have a problem with From lines. I had always
believed that if a line started with From, it was the start
of the next message, otherwise it would have been pre-empted
by a >. However we have started receiving mail from an Ultrix
machine which has the bad manners to use From twice in a
message. The UNIX (mailx/mail) software understands, and ignores
the extra From. How does it tell???????
Please e-mail replies, and I'll summarise etc etc.
Thank you,
Matthew
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Telephone : (201) 576-3362edward@ukecc.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) (10/11/86)
In article <159@naples.UUCP> mjw@naples.UUCP (Matthew Waugh) writes: >What is the standard for e-mail interchange in UNIX, and what >if any are the documented references? > >Specifically I have a problem with From lines. I had always >believed that if a line started with From, it was the start >of the next message, otherwise it would have been pre-empted >by a >. However we have started receiving mail from an Ultrix >machine which has the bad manners to use From twice in a >message. The UNIX (mailx/mail) software understands, and ignores >the extra From. How does it tell??????? > I am in the same position as Matthew. It is very hard to learn what is 'correct' by listening to you experts. Is there a document (How about the RFC822 standard for starters.) that explains proper use of 'From' and 'From:', '!', '@', and '%' precedence and in general explains the 'right' way to do things? Where can we get a copy? -- Edward C. Bennett UUCP: ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!ukecc!edward Kentucky: The state that bans books to coerce people to read them. "Goodnight M.A."