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
>