I don't believe that LSoft does this. It's a feature of sendmail. Unix mail messages are separated by the "From " line. Unfortunately, when a line starts with a "From ", then sendmail changes it to ">From " so that a new mail message is not "begun" midstream. -- Chris Anderson Director, Technical Support Unify Corporation > -----Original Message----- > From: George Buckner [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 8:35 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: The word "From" > > > OK, LSoft, I've already tested this problem enough to know how to > duplicate it: > > I've noticed recently that Listserv has a habit of inserting the > ">" character whenever a paragraph in the message begins with the > word "From" (with an uppercase "F"). Thus a sentence that started > with "F" now starts with ">F". > > By the way I'm running 1.8d. > > Why does Listserv have this "feature" ? > > George Buckner > Owner, Psyche-*, ASSC-* @LISTSERV.UH.EDU >