On 16/05/25, Kurt Hackenberg (k...@panix.com) wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 04:30:53PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> 
> > I assume the "Content-Length" (and possibly also "Lines"?) was, as Kurt
> > suggests, a way of efficiently reading emails out of a larger mbox file.
> 
> No. It was invented so it wouldn't have to do ">From " escaping, which
> damages messages.

That's very clear and helpful. Thanks!

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