On February 26, on [log in to unmask], Ben Parker said:
 >>On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:23:32 EST, Debbie Douglass
 >><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 >>
 >>> But I
 >>>got the following message back for each address in the list
 >>>"Invalid RFC822 address - 2AAACAA/AAAABB. Recipient ignored."
 >>
 >>What is happening is your 'helpful' mail editor pgm is word-wrapping the
 >>subscriber list lines that follow the List Header.  The 2AAA etc stuff is
 >>binary encoding for various subscriber options.  It is position sensitive
 >>and starts after the 80th char position of a line.  When your 'helpful'
 >>editor pgm wrapps the line it folds the long line stuff (normally off the
 >>screen to the right side) around and puts it on a new line, which LISTSERV
 >>treats like a new subscriber address.

My mail program does NOT word wrap. I even doublechecked it by
sending the list to one of my other accounts on another site. and
the lines are still 94 characters long.


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