SPUG: unwanted mail "feature"

[Andrew Sweger]

A line that matches the pattern /^From / is considered special by many
email systems (notably, the mbox mail box format). Thus, many systems will
"escape" this pattern with a leading greater than sign (a common quoting
mechanism). Consider changing the wording of the message to avoid this.

On Sep 2, 2000 @ 10:59am, marlin wrote:

> I am experiencing a modestly annoying anomaly with a mail script.
> The first 3 lines below show my script; the second 2 are the resulting
> email. Where is the leading ">" coming from? 
> 
> 
> $mailbody = "";
> $mailbody = "From PACIFIC SPORTS in Seattle\n
> $mailbody = $mailbody."Thank you very much for your order of:\n\n";
> 
> >From PACIFIC SPORTS in Seattle
> Thank you very much for your order of:
> 
> 
> Using Sendmail like this...
> open (SENDMAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t -odq");
> print SENDMAIL <<"EOF";

-- 
 Andrew Sweger <andy at n2h2.com>   |  N2H2, Incorporated
 Systems Architect               |  900 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3400
 Advanced Technologies Division  |  Seattle WA 98164-1059
 v=206.336.2947  f=206.336.1541  |  http://www.n2h2.com/


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