Re: The escaped From bugaboo

Robert Bonomi <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:22:56 -0600 (CST)

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> From: LuKreme <[email protected]>
> Subject: The escaped From bugaboo
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:38:02 -0700
> To: "[email protected] Procmail" <[email protected]>
>
>
> 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.