Thus spake Barry Wainwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, circa 12/6/2002 2:06 AM: >> 1. The addition of a quoting character to any line beginning with "From ": > This action is in line with one of the RFCs (I forget which one, and could > look it up but I don't have the time right now).
I took the time and quoted the relevant RFC. Read the section on space stuffing. > Most SMTP servers identify the beginning of a message in an SMTP stream by > looking for the word 'From' at the beginning of a line. Not 'escaping' an > additional line beginning with from would cause the message to be broken off > at that point. Perhaps you're thinking of MBOX storage, not SMTP? SMTP servers look for "MAIL FROM:<reverse-path>" at the beginning of a transaction, and are (supposed to be) careful to preserve the message's content unaltered. See the section on transparency (4.5.2). However, you are right that some servers will "From-munge" in-transit messages (as RFC2646 puts it). -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
