On Wed, 26 Apr 1995 23:09:19 +0200 Eric Thomas said: >On Wed, 26 Apr 1995 21:11:17 GMT "David W. Baker" <[log in to unmask]> said: > >> Anyways, by question is about what delimits, without exception, the >>various messages within a message archive. Currently, I'm using any >>lines which contain nothing other than 73 equal signs (=) to be the >>delimiter between messages. Is this always the case? What if someone >>mails a message which has such a line within the body? > >Yes, it is always the case. If someone puts this in the body, the data is >shifted one column. > > Eric And it messes up the archives, too. I used to use a line of "=" just above my .sig, but this sometimes caused problems when searching and retrieving items from the archives. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Elliott Parker Bitnet: 3ZLUFUR@CMUVM List Owner, FOODWINE and HGA-L Internet: [log in to unmask] Department of Journalism Less certain possibilities: Central Michigan University [log in to unmask] Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 USA CompuServe: 70701,520 Office tele: +1 517 774 3196 The WELL: [log in to unmask]