Hello list! Just joined the list, and am looking to clear something up
here. Let me start by saying that I am not a Qmail admin, and am not
familiar with the internals of Qmail, so be gentle if my question seems
malformed.
After scouring the list archives for some time today I haven't found quite
the answer I need. I'm having a problem similar to one described by the
following thread:
http://www.ornl.gov/its/archives/mailing-lists/qmail/2000/05/msg01580.html
I'm in communications with a fairly well established/recognized software
company who's product generates email whose lines end in bare linefeeds.
Clearly, from my reading in the archives, there is some argument as to
whether or not this actually violates RFC822 or not, but I need to either
convince the software company to change it's product, or convince my ISP to
make some sort of change to their Qmail implementation. Till then, I am not
able to send outgoing mail through my ISP's mailserver (which is a pretty
significant problem for me).
I'm still in discussions/arguments with the software company, who apparently
uses Netscape's Messaging library to support their SMTP operations, to
change their product so that it does not generate bare LFs. I'm not sure
what progress I'm going to make with that, but any advice would be
appreciated.
On the other hand, I am going to take a stab at convincing my ISP to change
their Qmail implementation so that it will accept bare LFs and convert them
into CRLFs. I have found reference to a solution in the list archives (link
below), but unfortunately, being completely unfamiliar with Qmail's
internals, I am not going to be able to clearly communicate the solution to
the engineers at my ISP based on this posting.
What I am searching for is something similar to a Knowledge Base or FAQ
article which would either assist me in understanding the changes which
should be made, or that I could simply point the engineers at my ISP to.
Without that, I am not sure that I will be able to effectively communicate
the problem/solution.
Bare LF workaround:
http://www.ornl.gov/its/archives/mailing-lists/qmail/1997/07/msg00957.html
I would appreciate any suggestions on/offlist.
Thanks!
-Cameron
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Cameron Childress
elliptIQ Inc.
p.770.460.7277.232
f.770.460.0963
