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From: JB@S61.Prime.COM
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Subject: An SMTP Question
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Date: 6 Aug 90 11:03:00 GMT
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Nf-From: S61.Prime.COM!JB    Aug  6 11:03:00 1990


I have an SMTP implementation that may or may not have a problem concerning
null characters in the mail data.  RFC 821 states that the mail data may
contain any of the 128 ASCII character codes.  This statement implys that
the null character must also be handled as mail data.  Is this correct.

I spoken with some people about this and they do not know of any implementation
that supports this.  We have a customer who feels this is a problem.  The
mail text with a null will truncate that line of the mail data since we
are using C string functions.  Any comments or pointers will be appreciated.

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