Hello Allie, On 10 Dec 2001 at 19:19:38 you wrote (at least in part):
ACM> They could very well be right. It could be one of the intermediate ACM> servers that is altering the message content. You could take a look at ACM> your message headers to see how many servers are involved in getting ACM> your gmx based messages to you. No. That's plainly wrong. The only one altering a message in this manner is the last server storing the message. As long as this message is not stored in a MBOX format file it is not altered this way. This insert is only done by a server that stores the message in a MBOX file for being able to retrieved via POP3 or IMAP. This insert is done for the POP-toaster (or IMAP-Server) to be able to recognize this 'From' starting line is _not_ the beginning of a new message. In MBOX files a new message is recognized by a line starting 'From ', therefore a 'From ' line within the message is escaped with this annoying '>'. While the mail is transported via SMTP it is not necessary to escape this line as SMTP describes the end of a message as '<Newline>.<Newline>' and therefore only lines containing only a singel dot, but belonging to message body are _temporarily_ escaped, but you won't recognize this as this is undone when arriving the last SMTP. The only way how GMX would not be the culprit were if they get the mail via UUCP from a host where the mail already was stored in a MBOX file. -- Regards Peter Palmreuther mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Bat! v1.54 Beta/15 on Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2) C: A real language for real programmers. -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
