On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:46:34PM -0700, Ian Z via Exim-users wrote: > I probably once knew the answer, but now I don't. > > Doc says: > > > Exim makes a connection, writes the request string (unless it is an > > empty string; no terminating NUL is ever sent) and reads from the > > socket until an end-of-file is read. > > That does sound as if no terminating newline is appended either?
Exactly. > Then, if the thing on the other end wants queries to be complete lines > -- and it probably does -- The readsocket is universal function, it may be used for HTTP requests, for example. And HTTP request generally does not require end-of-line terminator, in case of binary content any byte may be the last. > I'll have to put the newline into the exim > config, so I'll need quotes. Which is supposed to "almost never" > happen. Use "\n". -- Eugene Berdnikov -- ## subscription configuration (requires account): ## https://lists.exim.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/exim-users.lists.exim.org/ ## unsubscribe (doesn't require an account): ## exim-users-unsubscr...@lists.exim.org ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
