John Neiberger wrote: > > I just realized that I kind of looked like a dork by responding > like I > did. I discovered that if you read this email on the web you > can see > the entire thing. In my mail box it was truncated > dramatically. I > think this is because the author has a blank line with a period > at the > beginning, and I think somewhere along the line some mail > software > thought that was the end-of-file marker. > > So, to the original poster I apologize! :-)
You're not a dork. SMTP is very dorky, though, and the sender's e-mail application must have been kind of dorked out too. ;-) SMTP indicates the end of the mail data by sending a line containing only a "." In other words, it sends Carriage Return/Line Feed period Carriage Return/Line Feed. Isn't that arcane? The sender's e-mail application should still allow someone to type this, however. RFC 2821 (and probably also the original RFC for SMTP, 821) have a transparency feature: Before sending a line of mail text, the SMTP client checks the first character of the line. If it is a period, one additional period is inserted at the beginning of the line. When a line of mail text is received by the SMTP server, it checks the line. If the line is composed of a single period, it is treated as the end of mail indicator. If the first character is a period and there are other characters on the line, the first character is deleted. Even more arcane! Although not as arcane as OSPF external routes mabye. ;-) _______________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer www.troubleshootingnetworks.com www.priscilla.com > > John > > >Perhaps if you actually asked a question we'd be able to > answer you > better. :-) > > > >John > > > >>> "asdfsafa asdfasdf" 10/10/02 > 10:07:33 AM > >>> > Hello, I have one question and maybe you could help me > with this. > Suppose that we have several routers speaking OSPF. > Now suppose that two of them (A.B.C.D and E.F.G.G) are > redistributing the same static router (redistribute > static subnet), let's say for example that they are > redistributing X.Y.Z.W/24 > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=55329&t=55291 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
