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| author | Greg Ward <gward@python.net> | 2002-09-23 19:32:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | Greg Ward <gward@python.net> | 2002-09-23 19:32:42 (GMT) |
| commit | 02669a35bc303868f32a24cbcca82917dceea343 (patch) | |
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| parent | 2848fe9e58b9f5404b5caae203c7f89e9fc339a6 (diff) | |
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Tweak description of PortableUnixMailbox: "From " lines are actually
quoted (or mangled) *at* delivery-time, not "well before" it. (At least
that's how Exim and qmail work.)
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex index 66359d47..f798eb1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ A less-strict version of \class{UnixMailbox}, which considers only the ``\var{name} \var{time}'' portion of the From line is ignored, to protect against some variations that are observed in practice. This works since lines in the message which begin with \code{'From '} are -quoted by mail handling software well before delivery. +quoted by mail handling software at delivery-time. \end{classdesc} \begin{classdesc}{MmdfMailbox}{fp\optional{, factory}} |