This issue is solved and cvs contains already the changes. In src/java/org/apache/james/pop3server/POP3Handler.java and src/java/org/apache/james/util/ExtraDotOutputStream.java
Bye, Stephan Kevin Kovach wrote: > Has this been addressed yet? Is this a JAMES problem? I had this > happen again and have switched back to an older version of JAMES. I'd > like to be able to use the latest version of JAMES but don't want to > have to remove email by hand each time this happens. Thanks. > > - Kevin > > Stephan Schiessling wrote: > >> >> 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. 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