Re: client requests ending \012

Charles Lindsey <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> Thu, 27 July 2000 02:13 UTC

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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:31:43 +0100
From: Charles Lindsey <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk>
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	On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:08:56 -0400
	Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> said...

> 
> > Naked LF should not be found in a conforming message
> 
> naked LF is valid in RFC 822.
> (though it's highly likely to be converted to CRLF by some MTA)
> 
Ah! But I see that it is not allowed in MESSFOR. But presumably MTAs
will need to cope with stuff that conformed to the old standard for some
considerable time.

FWIW, it will not be allowed in the new USEFOR.

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