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Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> writes:

> I was wondering why we don't parse the pine alias format according to the
> following spec:
>
> http://www.washington.edu/pine/tech-notes/low-level.html
>
> I'd expect something like, to get the address field.

My guess is simply because we got a "works-for-us" regexp by
observing the program's behaviour, done by real Pine users.  On
top of that, probably nobody knew and/or bothered to check if
there is such "official spec" available.

Could you send a signed and testable patch to the list so other
Pine users can try it out please?  After seeing a few Ack's on
the list, I'd like to apply it and preferably do so before 1.5.3
final.