From exmh-users-admin@redhat.com Wed Oct 9 22:43:15 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4139116F71 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:41:24 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 09 Oct 2002 22:41:24 +0100 (IST) Received: from listman.example.com (listman.example.com [66.187.233.211]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g99LTaK22297 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:29:37 +0100 Received: from listman.example.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92C394317A; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:28:35 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: exmh-users@listman.example.com Received: from int-mx1.corp.example.com (int-mx1.corp.example.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E10B9430F2 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:15:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.example.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g99LF1321090 for exmh-users@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:15:01 -0400 Received: from mx1.example.com (mx1.example.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g99LF1f21081 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:15:01 -0400 Received: from asgard.blu.org (asgard.blu.org [216.235.254.231]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g99Kt3X22540 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:55:03 -0400 Received: from vishnu.abreau.net (h00306548b0d2.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.60.36.142]) by asgard.blu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B74D26EA4; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:14:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from blu.org (jabr@localhost) by vishnu.abreau.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g99LFIO03270; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:15:18 -0400 Message-Id: <200210092115.g99LFIO03270@vishnu.abreau.net> X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jabr owned process doing -bs X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 01/15/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: exmh-users@example.com Cc: jrennie@ai.mit.edu X-Image-Url: http://www.abreau.net/faces/jabr-17.jpg X-Url: http://www.abreau.net/ X-GPG-Fingerprint: 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 X-GPG-Keyid: 0xD5C7B5D9 Subject: Re: From In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:57:13 EDT." <200210091657.g99GvDmX025433@life.ai.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1405404058P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Abreau X-Loop: exmh-users@example.com Sender: exmh-users-admin@example.com Errors-To: exmh-users-admin@example.com X-Beenthere: exmh-users@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: exmh-users@example.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion list for EXMH users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 17:15:18 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST, MSG_ID_ADDED_BY_MTA_3,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, T_NONSENSE_FROM_00_10,T_NONSENSE_FROM_10_20, T_NONSENSE_FROM_20_30,T_NONSENSE_FROM_30_40, T_NONSENSE_FROM_40_50,T_NONSENSE_FROM_50_60, T_NONSENSE_FROM_60_70,T_NONSENSE_FROM_70_80, T_NONSENSE_FROM_80_90,T_NONSENSE_FROM_90_91, T_NONSENSE_FROM_91_92,T_NONSENSE_FROM_92_93, T_NONSENSE_FROM_93_94,T_NONSENSE_FROM_94_95, T_NONSENSE_FROM_95_96,T_NONSENSE_FROM_96_97, T_NONSENSE_FROM_97_98,T_NONSENSE_FROM_98_99, T_NONSENSE_FROM_99_100,X_AUTH_WARNING,X_LOOP version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: --==_Exmh_1405404058P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jason Rennie writes: > My sysadmins have told me that the sending mail client is supposed to > escape lines begining with "From ". EXMH (2.5) doesn't do this. Should > it? It appears that my MH is MH 6.8. Does NMH fix this? Actually, this issue used to escalate into a religious war. The "From " envelope is an artifact of the mbox mailbox format, and from that perspective it should be the mail server that stores its mailboxes in mbox format that should be responsible for escaping lines beginning with "From ". On the other hand, this breaks the assumption that the mail transport only touches the message headers and leaves the message body alone. Things like pgp signatures break when the mail server changes the message body. Also, strictly speaking, the mbox format envelope (or for us old-timers, the UUCP envelope) isn't just any line beginning with "From ". It's really "From", a single space, a valid email address, two spaces, and a valid date. For example: From ptardif@nbnet.nb.ca Sun Jul 14 08:53:57 2002 ^ ^^ -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix IM: jabr@jabber.blu.org / abreauj@aim / abreauj@yahoo / 28611923@icq Email jabr@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 Some people say, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." I often respond, "When elephants fight, it's the grass that gets trampled." --==_Exmh_1405404058P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 01/15/2001 iQCVAwUBPaScZlV9A5rVx7XZAQJlrgQAyxnhXLaYoas75wtCkQz7pr5jhTamXm9s 85Tx9R9YcZtAAK67wd7U6ZqIOcr+J76G/xn2+gm6ASVRL4/ipETx9AFhdq8pG//w sU/8zYCxOrnmqVI62sYaqx2m4m75IrnSdqR5ARKHc2U05zQq47xuMxSTIrC/dwKK oyAlEFSe8Rw= =mVfx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1405404058P-- _______________________________________________ Exmh-users mailing list Exmh-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/exmh-users