ml>> nothing... ignore all --- type lines... pass them on as they
ml>> are... do not edit/alter or change them... simple... less
ml>> thinking about whether they are tearlines or not and no time
ml>> spent coding for something that's not needed anyway...

PS>> Losing portions of messages is minor ?

ml>> who is going to loose portions of messages if the ignore the
ml>> tearline??

 PE> They will be lost when exporting to a file, or converting to a
 PE> format that doesn't have them specified as control lines (like
 PE> FTS-4 does).

what part of "IGNORE THE TEARLINE" did you not understand???!!?

i repeat, "who is going to loose portions of messages if the tearline
is ignored by ALL utils?"

the answer is NO ONE... yes, they may have some slight editing to do but no
more so than what they'd normally have without some bells and whistles and
other neato things...

)\/(ark