[tpop3d-discuss]Confirmed bug with tpop3d-1.5.3

Chris Lightfoot chris at ex-parrot.com
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 10:52:23 +0100


On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 10:50:48AM +0100, Darren Casey wrote:
    [...]
> > It looks as if your MDA is failing properly to munge lines
> > beginning `From ' in messages. Can you examine the message
> > on disk and tell me whether the line with the words `From
> > basics to best practices' is munged with a leading > on
> > disk?
> >
> > (I can't tell from the mail you've sent, because my MDA
> > does this correctly and has munged the `From ' at the top
> > of the message and in the middle.)
> 
> I have tested with telnet/mail2web and outlook
> 
> No its exactly like (witout the quotes)
> 
> "WWDC 2004 Session Descriptions Available"
> ""
> "From basics to best practices, the in-depth technical sessions at"

Yep. You need to fix your MDA -- that message should read

"WWDC 2004 Session Descriptions Available"
""
">From basics to best practices, the in-depth technical sessions at"

-- otherwise the line beginning `From ' can't be
distinguished from a message boundary marker.

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