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Space required after = sign for keywords
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Bill Verity <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 May 2002 15:01:53 -0400
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I believe this is true, but I can't find it documented.  All the examples in the various manuals show a space after the = sign and I've experimented and found that if I omit the space, the characters are just treated as comments.
For example,
* Notify=NO
is different than
* Notify= NO
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