Now I also think, that there is a bug in James pop3 server :-(
I compared James behaviour with that of sendmail and another pop3 server. James and Sendmail add an extra dot at beginning of a text line, if the text line starts with a dot. (Internally both do not store the extra dot.) James pop3 server does not add an extra dot, but the other pop3 server does add an extra dot !!!!!!! I cannot find a hint about this in pop3 rfc 1939 ??? Bye, Stephan Jeff Keyser wrote: >Actually, I don't believe this is entirely true. I believe that the sender >of a message should turn a line with a single dot into a line with two dots >(or some other transformation to prevent a single dot line), and the >receiver should reverse this to get the dot back. It's been a long time >since I've looked at the SMTP/POP3 protocols, so please forgive me if I got >the exact method wrong. > >In any case, this may still be a James bug. If the real message contains a >single line with a dot in its body, and James doesn't transform it while >handing it off to a POP3 client, this could cause the problem that Stephan >saw. > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 5:04 AM >>To: James Users List >>Subject: RE: Odd behavior >> >> >>this is dot stuffing, its the way that MTA's detect the end >>of a message >>body, single dot on a line by itself. >>If you want to send a dot to a friend (!) you should encode >>your mails using >>UUENCODE Base64 MIME or something like that. >>This is a fact of life. >> >>d. >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Stephan Schiessling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:55 AM >>>To: James Users List >>>Subject: Re: Odd behavior >>> >>> >>> >>>Now I can reproduce this error: >>> >>>If I send an email with a message body, which contains a >>> >>single dot in a >> >>>line, >>>Mozilla 0.9.8 cannot read this message and shows the error message, >>>that it cannot write into a mailbox. I think Mozilla >>> >>thinks, that the >> >>>message is >>>ended here ..... >>>James has no problem to handle this email, so it is not >>> >>James's fault :-) >> >>>I will add this bug in bugzilla. >>> >>>Bye, >>> >>>Stephan >>> >>> >>> >>>Danny Angus wrote: >>> >>>>Oh My! >>>>sorry guys.. that bit of help backfired then. >>>> >>>>d. >>>> >>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Stephan Schiessling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>>>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:11 AM >>>>>To: James Users List >>>>>Subject: Re: Odd behavior >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I got the same problem. >>>>>I think email of Danny Angus with subject: Re: telnet login >>>>>is the source of the problem. >>>>>In this email there are some SMTP commands. I think Mozilla has a >>>>>problem with it. >>>>>I removed this email by hand and restarted james. Then Mozilla >>>>>worked again. >>>>>I could not reproduce this error, so I do not know .... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Bye, >>>>> >>>>>Stephan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Kevin Kovach wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Hello. >>>>>> >>>>>>I've installed the newest release of James and I'm >>>>>> >>getting some odd >> >>>>>>behavior. I've tried reading mail using the latest >>>>>> >>version of Mozilla >> >>>>>>(0.9.8) on both Windows and Linux and have had the same >>>>>> >>problem. The >> >>>>>>mail client seems tolog in and start to download the >>>>>> >>mial/headers, >> >>>>>>then says that it's not able to write to the local file >>>>>> >>system. I get >> >>>>>>a dialog box asking to check either disk space or >>>>>> >>permission. I have >> >>>>>>both, I assure you. Has anyone else experienced this? I >>>>>> >>started up >> >>>>>>James 1.2.1 and am able to recieve mail. This tells me I hav both >>>>>>space and permission on the disk. Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>>- Kevin >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>>>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>>> >>>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: >>>> >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>For additional commands, e-mail: >>> >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>For additional commands, e-mail: >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>For additional commands, e-mail: >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
