On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 04:29:04PM +0000, Heimo Claasen wrote: > Howard - partly the dispute is trivial: the RFCs and dot-line things > apply to the _transmission_ phase (net transport) only. > > But then: > > Standard *nix mailreaders do not seem to have problems with unix > > mailbox format, nor do some (most?) DOS mailreaders. This format > > has been used for three decades. I don't see why one would expect > > that it should change. > > I would have some doubts about this.
With all due respect, I think you are barking up the wrong tree. I believe it is the mailfile formats in widespread use that you should be looking at, not the "raw" format of the smtp "DATA terminating dot" protocol. Unix mailbox = Berkeley = mbox format is described in mail.local (8). Howard E. -- <http://www.ncf.ca/~ag221/> To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
