Re: [Exim] line with a single dot

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Jean-Robert WIAME
CC: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: Re: [Exim] line with a single dot
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Jean-Robert WIAME wrote:

> I have a problem with email where there is a line with only a dot '.'


You do not say how this email originates. If you are passing it to Exim
via the command line (i.e. not SMTP) see the -oi option. (This is
indexed under "dot handling" in the manual.) If you are passing it to
Exim using SMTP, lines beginning with . should be prepended by another .
(see RFC 2821).

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