> Gee, I was hoping that you might be able to influence the logic
> for the HEADERS with regard to lines over 80, as well as text as
> you proposed.
 
  Whatever for?  There already is a continuation convention for
  headers.
 
> The "feature" of starting continued lines in column 1 seems to be
> a carryover from WISCNET into FAL.
 
  I don't understand this comment (but then, I didn't like WISCNET
  when we ran it either).  Starting in column 1 is illegal 822.
 
> Q: does RFC822 allow a line to be broken in the middle of a quoted
> field?
 
  Yes, of course. Quoting 822, section 3.4.5
 
    If a  quoted-string  is to be "folded" onto multiple lines, then
    the syntax for folding must be adhered to.  (See the "Lexical
    Analysis of Messages"  section  on "Folding Long Header Fields"
    above, and the section on "Case  Independence"  below.)
 
> MAILER barfs on it.
 
  Why doesn't this surprise me?  (hmmm...wonder what UCLA MAIL does
  with it) (says he with a gleam in his eye).
 
Michael