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

PS> Losing portions of messages is minor ?

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

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