I maintain a list called [log in to unmask] (via LISTSERV v1.7f).  Several
people sometime send a reply to the list which looks like this (notice the
space between ">" and the header field):
 
> From:  blah
> To:    Blah
> Subj:  Subject
 
Listserv then sends the message to myself since I'm the "Errors-To:" person
stating "...header fields in body of text....." or something similar.  No
problem, but I decide to inform everyone on the list to keep error messages
down.  So, I tell people to take out the space between the > and header field
and it should work fine (which it does).
 
>From:  Blah
>To:    Blah
>Subj:  subject
 
Now I have people stating "....defacto standard is to have "> " for messages.
Listserv must be broke....should parse something else...blah blah."
 
*I* don't think that LISTSERV is broke at all, but have no idea why it parses
the way it does. So, could someone explain to me why Listserv doesn't like the
"> From:" entry and does like ">From:"?
 
Thanks in advance.
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James Ford -  Consultant II, Seebeck Computer Center
              The University of Alabama (in Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
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