Actually Paul is correct, the combination is: S: <CRLF>.<CRLF>
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html Cheers Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: "Ken Schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SMTP Bug - Deletes periods at beginning of line. : Not entirely. : : It needs to be a line starting with a period followed by two carriage : return/line feed combinations to indicate the end of a message, ala : : .[enter] : [enter] : : Just having a . by itself isn't enought to signal the end of a message. : : Cheers : Ken : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : From: "Josh G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Subject: Re: SMTP Bug - Deletes periods at beginning of line. : : : : A line starting with a period is the signal for "end of message" to an : smtp : : server. AFAIK the official protocol doesn't offer a way to send a line : : beginning with a period, so many products just drop the period. : : : : -Josh --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
