Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 1999 21:45:10 +0100
To:	pgcc AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	double dots, please stop.
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In-Reply-To:	<3.0.6.32.19990228083643.00975ad0@pop.globalserve.net>; from Paul Derbyshire on Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 08:36:43AM -0500
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From:	Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
Reply-To:	pgcc AT delorie DOT com

On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 08:36:43AM -0500, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> >>..PHONY : configure all install clean uninstall test
> > ^^
> >
> >Hey, what the heck is up with the listserver? It's inserting spurious
> >characters in some of the emails it processes.
> 
> I half-expected it to mung this message, thereby obfuscating my meaning,

The double dots are part of the smtp protocol. The listserv on delorie.com
probably doesn't decode them properly. In any case, that issue is not
worth discussing on this list.

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