Lewis Sellers wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:31:54 +0100, in cf-talk you wrote: > > To clarify what what he's saying, basically the mail protocol uses a > dot on a line by itself as an indicator that we're at the end of an > email message.
Hardly a left over. You need *something* to signal the end of a message. > This is left over the the old days when folks didn't really use email > clients as we know them but simply logged directly into a SMTP server > and sent raw commands to handle their email. You mean you use an email client? Ewww > Basically: > > MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DATA: > Let's have lunch. > > . I still do that on occasion. But I leave out the colon after DATA :) Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
