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  1. Xref: sparky comp.unix.shell:4627 comp.mail.misc:3633
  2. Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.mail.misc
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!watserv1!mks.com!davidf
  4. From: davidf@mks.com (David J. Fiander)
  5. Subject: Re: How to interpret when the end of piece of mail is reached?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov10.124824.10744@mks.com>
  7. Followup-To: comp.mail.misc
  8. Organization: Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
  9. References: <1992Nov8.205909.21877@u.washington.edu> <1992Nov8.214458.17317@prl.dec.com>
  10. Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 12:48:24 GMT
  11. Lines: 15
  12.  
  13. Followup's to comp.mail.misc
  14. According to boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts):
  15. >
  16. >Don't even think of following up with some theory that is based around
  17. >four control-A's.  Only brain-damaged user agents do that.
  18. >
  19.  
  20. Of course you meant "transfer agents" in that sentence, since a
  21. user agent can only work with what the TA gives it.
  22.  
  23. The best format for a mailbox is a directory of files, each of
  24. which contains a single message (wow!  something that VM/CMS
  25. got right!).
  26.  
  27. - David
  28.