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Tweak description of PortableUnixMailbox: "From " lines are actually
authorGreg Ward <gward@python.net>
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 19:32:42 +0000 (19:32 +0000)
committerGreg Ward <gward@python.net>
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 19:32:42 +0000 (19:32 +0000)
quoted (or mangled) *at* delivery-time, not "well before" it.  (At least
that's how Exim and qmail work.)

Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex

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@@ -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
 protect against some variations that are observed in practice.  This
 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}
 
 \begin{classdesc}{MmdfMailbox}{fp\optional{, factory}}