Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
> Stuart Ballard wrote:
>
> > I don't have a usable build of Moz right now, but this sounds like a POP
> > issue, and it sounds like it would happen when the . is the *only* thing
> > on the line. Try sending mail to yourself (so it goes through your POP
> > server) with *just* one . on a line and see if that triggers the bug.
>
> I'd think, it is a protection against problems with SMTP, which ends the
> msg data with just "." on a line.
>
> > For similar fun, try putting the word "From" as the first word on a line
> > in 4.x mail (also try it in Mozilla, it may do the same thing).
> >
> > If you can get this problem 100% reproducable, I'd suggest filing a bug
> > http://www.mozilla.org/
>
> If the above is true, the only thing we could do is to protect the "."
> with a space instead of another ".".
If the problem exists, it is a regression. The problem was in 2.0 as I
recall and was rather humorous at times. It is an SMTP thing but it can
be handled wit grace.
Chuck
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