Emmanuel Gadaix wrote:

> When generating MIME mails, e.g. for signing an email, OpenSSL adds an extra
> white space before the semi-column sign that separates the headers.

> In doing so, it violates MIME syntax (see RFC 2045, 2046, 2047).
>
> Some mail clients will not be able to understand the MIME parts. For example,
> Lotus Notes client v5.06a (latest release).

> Note: in order to properly test all this, you need a recent version of Lotus
> Notes (>= 5.04). We have tested with 5.06a (client and server).

I suggest Emmanuel that you contact Lotus and tell them about this bug in _their_
software.

It fails to handle messages that have a correct MIME syntax (see RFC 2045, 2046,
2047), and it should be corrected for better interoperability.

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