(re-sent, for yam submission. /d)
Please reject.
The existing text is correct. It might have helped for the language to
be a bit simpler, but it is correct.
Reduced to its essence, the current language means:
The usual SMTP data-stuffing algorithm applies, so that some content
does not prematurely terminate the transfer of content.
d/
On 3/4/2019 7:30 AM, RFC Errata System wrote:
The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6152,
"SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport".
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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5646
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Type: Technical
Reported by: HE Zhixiang <[email protected]>
Section: 3
Original Text
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Naturally, the usual SMTP data-stuffing algorithm applies, so that a
content that contains the five-character sequence of
<CR> <LF> <DOT> <CR> <LF>
or a content that begins with the three-character sequence of
<DOT> <CR> <LF>
does not prematurely terminate the transfer of the content.
Corrected Text
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Naturally, the usual SMTP data-stuffing algorithm applies, so that a
content that contains the five-character sequence of
<CR> <LF> <DOT> <CR> <LF>
or a content that begins with the three-character sequence of
<DOT> <CR> <LF>
would prematurely terminate the transfer of the content.
Notes
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RFC 5321, section 4.5.2:
Without some provision for data transparency, the character sequence
"<CRLF>.<CRLF>" ends the mail text and cannot be sent by the user.
Instructions:
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RFC6152 (draft-ietf-yam-rfc1652bis-03)
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Title : SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport
Publication Date : March 2011
Author(s) : J. Klensin, N. Freed, M. Rose, D. Crocker, Ed.
Category : INTERNET STANDARD
Source : Yet Another Mail
Area : Applications
Stream : IETF
Verifying Party : IESG
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Brandenburg InternetWorking
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