PE> It can't, not once a possible blank line, a possibly optional tearline
PE> and an even possibly optional origin line, have been added to the
PE> message by software.

FM> I don't think the problem arises IF that stuff's been added; it arises
FM> if it hasn't.

Without SOT/EOT, you can NEVER *KNOW* whether it has or hasn't.  You
can only assume that the "---" is a tearline, the "*
Origin" is an
origin, and the blank line you can assume for yourself.  BFN.  Paul.
@EOT:

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