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Subject: Re: What is so special about the word "From"?
From: CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:24:58 -0800
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Was that effect possibly inferred from the results of the test performed in the following message?:
<http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201402/msg00542.html>

If so, I suspect that test was flawed, per having used "from" rather than "From", as the beginning of a plain-text record.

Regards, Chuck

On 20-Feb-2014 12:21 -0800, Charles Wilt wrote:

Looks like it <ed: the "From" being prefixed with greater-than> can
be prevented if you expand the quoted text section prior to sending

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:

GMAIL does that when FROM starts a line...

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