[replying to the list to let the others know about this]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:38:39 -0400 (EDT) Richard Welty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RW> ok, here's what i'm seeing:
RW> 
RW> context -- redhat linux 7.3, exim Mail Transport Agent installed locally
RW>    on my laptop
RW> 
RW> if i use SMTP server of 127.0.0.1, then there is no ^M problem
RW> 
RW> if i use a local command of /usr/local/sbin/exim -t, there is a ^M problem.
RW> the MTA expects properly formed ^M^J pairs in an SMTP transaction, but in
RW> a local un*x delivery, it wants to just get ^J characters in the stream
RW> like any other un*x program.

 Ok, this indeed explains it -- thanks a lot for taking time to investigate
it. We always use "\r\n" for the outgoing message, regardless of where does
it go (SMTP server or local MTA).

RW> i think sendmail has a fixup mode, and i can get exim to do ^M^J fixup with
RW> a config flag, but i'd still argue that this is really an MUA bug, not an
RW> MTA bug.

 Yes, sure. I'll fix soon as it should be quite easy.

 However I'm afraid this doesn't explain the problems reported by Alan G
Isaac as he is under Windows and so probably doesn't have any local MTA
(and if he did, it would be using "\r\n" line termination anyhow). So there
is some other problem as well -- but it's already good to know about this
one.

 Thanks again!
VZ



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