AdB> And if editors instead of adding SOT/EOT make sure the message has both 
AdB> an
AdB> origin and tearline you can find the end of the usertext unambiguously.

ml> the TEARLINE is =NOT= a _required_ part of the message. only interpretation 
ml> instead of literal reading would cause one to think so...

FTS-4 REQUIRES interpretation.  That's the only thing that you can be sure
about FTS-4.  :-)  BFN.  Paul.

P.S. Don't forget that Mark Kimes reckons origin lines are optional. 
@EOT:

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