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2734: Re: [MUD-Dev] not about pk anymore

In <Pine.LNX.3.96.970713091033.128E-100000@mpc.dyn.ml.org>, on
07/13/97 
   at 12:58 PM, Matt Chatterley <root@mpc.dyn.ml.org> said:

>On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Huibai wrote:

>> <<List Owner Comment: Original message fragmented by broken mail server 
>> upline from me.  Message fragments re-assembled with possible missing 
>> lines at this comment.>>

>Ick. Any tail on why this sometimes happens, JCL?

The SMTP server just upstream of me mis-interprets the content length
header on messages, with the result that it scans the message body for
possible headers and splits the message at the first possible match. 
The fact that its definition of a "possible header" is "A valid header
token starts in column 0", this happens more often than it should.

Happily they now say they've fixed the bug.  Time will tell.

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