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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

>> From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
>> Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 17:11:50 +0200
>> 
>> I wasn't clear, I meant: Is it used for anything upon receiving a
>> message with that header from the network via email?
>
> The X-Coding-System header should be never seen in any message
> received from the network.

RMAIL should do something smart if it is.  (It could rename the
header, for instance.)  Otherwise, I see a DOS attack lurking...

kai
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