> The tearline..  is this a required line?  I won't say anymore as all I 
 > need to know if it is required.. someone around here _thinks_ it is not 
 > required, but it is tough to tell from the FTS-0004 doc..

FTS-4 is ambiguous on this issue, although the intention seems to be to
have tearlines optional.  It is probably a good recommendation to generate
tearlines for backward-compatibility with older mail processors, as well as
to avoid having to deal with ambiguities in the spec.

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