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This file was processed as: Mailbox/MIME Entity (archive/mbox).

ConfidenceProgramDetectionMatch TypeSupport
100% dexvert Newsgroup Content (archive/news) magic Supported
100% dexvert Mailbox/MIME Entity (archive/mbox) magic Supported
100% dexvert Internet Message Format (text/imf) magic Supported
1% dexvert Text File (text/txt) fallback Supported
100% file news, ASCII text default
100% checkBytes Printable ASCII default
100% dexmagic PrintFox/Pagefox WEAK default
100% perlTextCheck Likely Text (Perl) default
100% siegfried fmt/950 MIME Email (1.0) default
100% detectItEasy Format: plain text[LF] default (weak)
100% xdgMime message/news default



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