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Re: Simple questions to start

1999-05-27 20:51:07
At 02:57 AM 5/28/99 +0300, Liviu Daia wrote:

2. ^FROM (as apposed to ^From:) - Checks "From:", "Resent-by" and
similar header lines. True or False.

   [*Sigh*] False, please RTFM.  Unlike ^FROM_DAEMON and ^FROM_MAILER,
^FROM has no special meaning.  If you are doing case-insensitive
matching, it will match "From " and "From:" lines, and that's all.

Well, yes, it has no special meaning; however, it technically *can*
match other header lines, such as:
    Fromage: cheddar
which, though there aren't any among RFC-specified headers, aren't "illegal."

Cheers,
Stan

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