On Friday 28 March 2003 03:24, Don Read wrote: We're getting way off-topic here.
> Not entirely accurate. It has to do with how you connect to the MTA. > > RFC822 only applies to SMTP 'on the wire' and internal delivery formats are > outside the scope. > > There are alot of UUCP class 1 sites out there, and X.400, and JNT, and ... > None of which follows RFC822 unless they gateway to SMTP. AFAIK PHP's mail() command doesn't do any of the above except 'internet mail' (SMTP). > Since MS-Windows doesn't have a native command-line mailer --PHP has to > handle the connection to the gateway host and thus falls under 822. > > The 'must have <CRLF>' rule is the lowest common denominator needed to > support a mis-functional (albeit very popular) platform: MS-Windows. Hmm, RFC 822 was conceived some time in the early 1980's. Which genius anticipated the 'popularity' of Windows back then? -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret. -- Benjamin Disraeli, "Coningsby" */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
