> s/mime and pgp email dislike it when the body is changed. > this isn't something i've used extensively so i don't know how > much of a problem this might be. > > would it be better of the raw file remained an exact > representation of the original mail?
there is a difference between the in-memory representation and the representation presented by the "raw" file. i agree - the raw file should present the raw message bytes, with no indenting of from lines. however, the internal representation used by upas/fs does indent from lines, and the pop3 and imap4 code in upas/fs needs to convert the downloaded messages into that representation for consistency with the rest of the system. and upas/fs needs to process that representation to present the "raw" file. this is exactly what i said two or three messages ago. russ
