Re: Mail list archives cut off messages starting at "^From "

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Mail list archives cut off messages starting at "^From "
Date: 2005-04-06 01:39:42
Message-ID: 20050405223935.R18194@ganymede.hub.org
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will take a look into it ...

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

> Look at
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-04/msg00167.php
> This has cut off the message starting at the useful comment, which
> read like this:
>
> From a development standpoint, that suggests a couple of TODO items:
> * Look harder at whether VACUUM can scan the index in physical instead
> of logical order.
> * See whether ordinary btree maintenance (ie page splits) can do
> anything to maintain/improve the physical ordering of the index.
>
> I suppose something is being rather lax about parsing unix mbox format
> and is thinking any line starting with "From " is a new message. If
> I'm right, this message will be busted as soon as it gets into the
> archives, too ...
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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