Re: preserving "From " lines in mail messages

* Mark Senn ([email protected]) [041205 05:06]:
> the "From " lines, are not preserved.  In the mail message
> below the "From " lines may be prefixed with a ">", those
> ">" characters aren't in the test file.  What do I need to
> do to preserve the "From " lines?  (I looked and didn't
> notice the answer in the documentation---sorry if I missed
> it.)  Thanks.   Mark Senn

The 'From ' lines are not part of the message, but only leading
it in some occations.  There is a large variety in syntax...
Besides, the "From " separator line in mbox-mailboxes can be
confused with lines contained in the message which start with
From.  Good applications therefore escape those included From
lines with a '>'.  MailBox will add missing >'s.

If you are reading an mbox folder (which I presume you do), the
from line is kept separately from the header and the body.  You
can do:

   $msg->write

includes the leader and get the 'From's escaped.
Or
   print $msg->fromLine;
   $msg->print;
which shouldn't be escaped...

Hope this is clear enough.
-- 
Success,
               MarkOv

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