hey all. was just trying to debug a problem with our site
connecting to MSN.COM. Following RFC1652, the RFC on 8BITMIME
use in ESMTP, when we have a 7 bit message, we place
"BODY=7BIT" as the last parameter in the FROM LINE, such as:
MAIL FROM:<jack%wildbear(_dot_)on(_dot_)ca(_at_)msn(_dot_)com> SIZE=1169
BODY=7BIT
Now, whenever we send mail to MSN.COM in that manner, it is
refused as an illegal command, even though it says it supports
ESMTP's 8BITMIME. Furthermore, if the lines:
MAIL FROM:<jack%wildbear(_dot_)on(_dot_)ca(_at_)msn(_dot_)com> SIZE=1169
BODY=8BITMIME
or
MAIL FROM:<jack%wildbear(_dot_)on(_dot_)ca(_at_)msn(_dot_)com> SIZE=1169
are used, the command is accepted with no problems.
Now, my understanding of RFC 1652 is that if you do support 8BITMIME,
you should be sending "BODY=7BIT".
Could people verify this and let me know if msn.com should be able
to accept the "BODY=7BIT" tag or if is okay that it does not?
regards,
Jack
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Jack De Winter - Wildbear Consulting, Inc.
(519) 884-4498 http://www.wildbear.on.ca/
Author of SLMail for 95 & NT (http://www.seattlelab.com/)