Re: [Exim] Resending mail

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Author: William Thompson
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To: Tamas TEVESZ
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Resending mail
> > > wrap the smtp commands around the contents of a file, don't forget to
> > > escape ^\.$ lines, then proceed as if it was a bsmtp file (which it it
> > > becoming at the end).
> >
> > I believe that with SMTP, if a line contains all dots in a message, another
> > . is prepended.
>
> so you what you believe is wrong.
>
> a) its not "a line containing all dots", but "a line containing only
> one single dot at the beginning of the line".
> b) who do you think prepends the other dot ? no, you're wrong. its the
> _user_ agent.


You misintereperated what I meant. When sending a message like that
(converting to smtp) you need to do that. When you're telling him to "wrap
the smtp commands around the contents of a file" that would be the "user
agent" which then would need to check for ^\.+$ and add a . before it.