From: Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 19:32:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Tweak description of PortableUnixMailbox: "From " lines are actually
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~4002
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=02669a35bc303868f32a24cbcca82917dceea343;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

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.)
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
index 66359d472ea8..f798eb1d3376 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex
@@ -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}}