Subject: Re: Solaris, Berkeley format

From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 14:30:16 -0600 (CST)

Mr. Berens kindly explained the problem to me.

Unlike other MUAs, Pine is generally NOT fooled by embedded "<nl><nl>From " as
it recognizes 20 "Berkeley" boundary formats, according to the technical notes.

Solaris relies upon an added Content-Length header, ignoring embedded
"Berkeley" boundaries prior to the expected end of the message.

But, pine doesn't. Instead, it specifically looks for a "Berkeley" boundary.

Some mailers upon forwarding a message will include the "Berkeley" boundary
along with the forwarded message's headers. It is understandable how this
behavior could fool pine, but not Solaris.

And, this was why Mr. Berens recommended the sendmail flags that generously
escape any embedded "<nl><nl>From ". This is available as some mailers don't
look for a "Berkeley" boundary but only that sequence.

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 14:32:17 -0600 (CST)

Sigh. After thanking Mr. Behrens for his explanation, I misspelled his name. I
apologize.

It's Andy Behrens.