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Re: XCmail: A minor Bug?

Jürgen Schmitz
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 06:28:43 -0700

---Reply to mail from David Pilgram about XCmail: A minor Bug?
> Hello,
> 
> I've noticed a minor bug.  I do not know yet when it occurs.  
> 
> I write an email, and I send it.
> 
> When I view it in my outbox, sometimes one of the paragraphs has a ">"
> character added before the first word.
> 
> It is, of course, minor, but odd.  It does not seem to be linked to having
> any attachments, nor does it appear to be connected to the size of the
> email.  I have not quoted anything in the email, or inserted any text or
> anything.  The latest occurance, today, was just a straight plain text
> typed in at a keyboard.
> 
> Also, it's happened too often, and always before the first word of a
> paragraph, to make me think it's a typo.
> 
> I presume you were aware of some spam using the mailing list to send
> itself recently.
> 

Did those paragraphs start with "From" ? Because in this case a ">" is
added (required by sendmail). If not this code may have a problem when
comparing the text and checking for a "From".


Jürgen