[imp] Bug in mail-sending routine

Parag Godkar paragg@konark.ncst.ernet.in
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:48:27 +0530


Hmm, You are right. I verified this with
Outlook Express and Pine. But only IMP
clips off all message after a dot on a line
by itself while sending mail.

-- Parag Godkar

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Høy" <martin.hoy@pvv.ntnu.no>
To: <imp@lists.horde.org>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 6:07 PM
Subject: [imp] Bug in mail-sending routine


>
> There is a bug in the routine where IMP talks to a SMTP server and
> sends the content of a mail. In SMTP, a "." on a line by itself ends
> the DATA portion of the mail.
>
> If you create a mail in IMP that contains a "." on a line by itself,
> the rest of that mail will not be sent, and a "sendmail error 255" is
> produced.
>
>
> Martin
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