From: LuKreme <kremels(_at_)kreme(_dot_)com>
Subject: The escaped From bugaboo
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:38:02 -0700
To: "procmail(_at_)lists(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)de Procmail"
<procmail(_at_)lists(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de>
I got an email today with this paragraph in it:
***
These new post-Panamax ships are the length of aircraft carriers.
From the waterline, they re 190 feet tall, or nearly twice the height
of the Lincoln Memorial. The ships can carry as many as 12,000
containers, or about a million flat-screen TVs.
***
As you can see, the "From" is escaped.
RTFM applies. <grin>
This is _necessary_ for mbox-format messages.
A line starting with "From " (5 chars) is the marker for the beginning of
a new message.
Therefore, an embedded '^From ' is always escaped by the local delivery agent.
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