Please excuse the replies to various fragments of different messages.
> > Ironically, anyone using (n)mh to read my original message should
> > have seen the 'BAD MSG' error without even sending themselves
> > a test message (assuming some MTA didn't fix the '\n\nFrom '
> > in transit).
>
> Nope, since qmail-local (my local delivery agent) changed "\n\nFrom"
> in the body to ">From".
I didn't get an error either. It was also quoted to `>From' before nmh
saw it.
> Use procmail to feed the mail to rcvstore and you'll never have the
> problem of a body being mistaken for a header line to begin with.
procmail can also store mail directly into an nmh folder. Place a
dot at the end of the folder name.
:0
* ^TOnmh-workers@math\.gatech\.edu
inbox/nmh/.
> Hmmm...I guess I'm a bit behind on state-of-the-art mail delivery
> techniques. I'll have to go play with procmail on my Linux system at
> home before messing with the local mail server here at work, though.
I wouldn't take the procmail suggestion as saying newer software
fixes the problem. Whatever software is adding the real From lines
is broken if it doesn't quote false ones at the same time.
Ralph.
