snowcrash+spamassassin wrote:
BUT, if i open the message in Thunderbird2, the line-breaks in the header are apparently stripped off; here's what it looks like.
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> As per RfC (2)822, header _values_ are always just *one* line. > To get around the (server) restriction of 998 usable characters per > line, it is allowed to split the value into multiple lines. But these > line breaks are *not* part of the actual value and recipients have to > remove the line breaks when decoding the message to get back the real > value.
From your screen shot, I'm guessing you're looking at it via View->Headers->All. You can see the original formatting (even in Thunderbird 2) using the Message Source function instead.
Menu: View->Message Source Keyboard: Ctrl+U on Windows & Linux, probably Cmd+U on Mac -- Kelson Vibber SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>
