On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 14:35:34 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

> Hello:

> Observations:

> I just sent a test message to myself by using Nettamer
> to find out if it is OK to try to send an email message
> having a line that begins with an asterisk in the body
> of the text.  It is OK with Nettamer.  I used Arachne
> to download the test message after I had sent it.  Arachne
> retrieved the test message OK.

> Using Arachne's email client I will get a "Mail Upload
> Error" if I try to send a message having a line that
> begins with an asterisk in the body of the text.

> Should these observations be reported as a bug in Arachne's
> email client?

I'm not sure.:/
I also tried a test, but with A 1.66 for DOS, and experienced no
difficulty. Since it went thru the system once, here it is again.

This is the test email as RECEIVED:

Test of leading asterik bug:
* shit
What happened there ?

The answer is: Nothing strange.


-  Clarence Verge.
-- Using Arachne 1.66 on DSL.

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