Commit 02669a35 authored by Greg Ward's avatar Greg Ward

Tweak description of PortableUnixMailbox: "From " lines are actually

quoted (or mangled) *at* delivery-time, not "well before" it.  (At least
that's how Exim and qmail work.)
parent 2848fe9e
...@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ A less-strict version of \class{UnixMailbox}, which considers only the ...@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ A less-strict version of \class{UnixMailbox}, which considers only the
``\var{name} \var{time}'' portion of the From line is ignored, to ``\var{name} \var{time}'' portion of the From line is ignored, to
protect against some variations that are observed in practice. This protect against some variations that are observed in practice. This
works since lines in the message which begin with \code{'From '} are works since lines in the message which begin with \code{'From '} are
quoted by mail handling software well before delivery. quoted by mail handling software at delivery-time.
\end{classdesc} \end{classdesc}
\begin{classdesc}{MmdfMailbox}{fp\optional{, factory}} \begin{classdesc}{MmdfMailbox}{fp\optional{, factory}}
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