On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:31:54 +0100, in cf-talk you wrote: >> Any dot/period character in the following email was stripped if >> it was the first character on a line. >> >> Is this intentional? > >You've never looked at what happens if you telnet to a mail server on port >25 have you :-) ?
To clarify what what he's saying, basically the mail protocol uses a dot on a line by itself as an indicator that we're at the end of an email message. This is left over the the old days when folks didn't really use email clients as we know them but simply logged directly into a SMTP server and sent raw commands to handle their email. Basically: MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DATA: Let's have lunch. . Sometimes server/client software (especially if it's been upgraded to handle some of the new RFC standards) doesn't quite handle this properly in all cases. --min ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
