ml> errrr... take your pick at the PROGRAMMERS you want "shot"
then... it's not 
ml> the mail SYSTEM that has the problem but the programmers that can't 
ml> determine things correctly... how many times have you seen something like 
ml> this?

ml> ___----------
ml> this was under a line of all dashes

ml> i have seen that crap TOOOOOO many times. it is directly a sign of a 
ml> programmer who doesn't want to take the time or space to code the tearline 
ml> stuff correctly. in fact, if they'd ignore the tearline completely, they 
ml> would NOT have this problem! how can you determine if a tearline is a 
ml> tearline or user entered text? answer: you can't!

????  Make up your bloody mind, Mark!  :-)  You just told me it was bs that
it was technically possible, so I had to start debating you, now you've
decided to take my end of the argument on.

Mark!  Listen!  If tearlines are made compulsory (ie you are the only
person in the entire world that needs to update their software), then HEY
PRESTO, you CAN tell the difference between a tearline generated to
"comply" with FTS-4, and one that is merely a piece of user-text.

BFN.  Paul.
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