[Mimedefang] Mbox Format From Separator Origin

Kevin A. McGrail kmcgrail at pccc.com
Tue Dec 9 11:57:50 EST 2008


>> However, what's the origin of the From separator to begin with?
>
> Ancient UNIX tradition?  From_ is an evil ugly hack that unfortunately
> has persisted.

Thanks David.  I should start a blog that talks about the Unix Druids and 
their strange necromancy so that in a thousand years, people have better 
stories about the origins of email ;-)

Regards,
KAM 




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