> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:51:38PM -0500, The Fool wrote:
> > > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 
> > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 07:59:12PM -0500, The Fool wrote:
> > > 
> > > > This is a perfect example of what my instructors describe happens
> > when
> > > > people make quick-fix, kludgey, code.  It never dies.  It comes
back
> > > > and bites you in the ass.  It gets used for twenty years.  I can
come
> > > > up with a better parser, in about a minute without using a YACC.
> > > 
> > > How would your parser deal with the message I posted a while ago in
> > > response to Nick, where I quoted the entire message, including
> > delimiter
> > > and header?
> > 
> > Size.  The quote you made would also be within the body of the
message,
> > not the message header itself.
> 
> Huh? How would the parser tell that it wasn't the beginning of another,
> different email message, but rather part of the body of the email that
I
> posted which quoted another message?

Message size.  You don't parse the body of the message, because it is the
body of the message.  You ignore all duplicate headers.

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