Re: hypermail broke - exim format of From_ lines

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Autor: Nigel Metheringham
Fecha:  
A: Martin Hamilton
Cc: exim-users
Temas antiguos: hypermail broke
Asunto: Re: hypermail broke - exim format of From_ lines
} FYI - I noticed that the format of exim's tod_bsdinbox variable was
} breaking my copy of Hypermail. The symptom was that Hypermail would
} just hang around forever without doing its thing, and the problem
} turned out to be the GMT offset in the "From " line ...
}
} From ph10@??? Thu Mar 07 09:27:02 +0000 1996

I think that the From_ line is subject to a different set of rules to
other date formats - its not an RFC822 header at all, but a quaint
unix oddity to separate mails.

I would say that putting a timezone offset might break a few other
mailers as well!

    Nigel.


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