A line starting with a period is the signal for "end of message" to an smtp server. AFAIK the official protocol doesn't offer a way to send a line beginning with a period, so many products just drop the period.
-Josh -- And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep? And why the channel 7 chopper chills me to my feet? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me, I was only 19 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ActiveServerPages" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:13 PM Subject: Re: SMTP Bug - Deletes periods at beginning of line. > Um, the page says to do: > > smtpmd set smtpsvc/1/DisablePickupDotStuff <1> > > (with angled brackets). Your snipped below didn't have them. Might that be a > cause? It also says you need Win2k SP3 - you have that installed? > > Cheers > Ken > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: "Paul Gaske (Public Mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: SMTP Bug - Deletes periods at beginning of line. > > > Hi all, > > I have a server with the symptoms described in KB Article Q286358. Url: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q286358 > > When I run the command-line described in the "More Information" part of > the article I get this: > > D:\Setup\SMTPmd>smtpmd set smtpsvc/1/DisablePickupDotStuff 1 > Error: SetValueByDataType failed - HRES(0x80070057) > ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER > > So far, google/MSDN has been able to guide me to this point, but I can't > find anything useful on this. Has anyone else here had the same > problem? Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this? > > Paul. > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
