Re: [Exim] Resending mail

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Resending mail
On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 04:55:27PM +0200, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
> On Mon, 5 May 2003, William Thompson wrote:
>>> 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".

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Nope. _Any_ period at the beginning of a line is doubled (to make undo
possible). See RFC2822 4.5.2 Transparency
             cu andreas