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From: klh@NISC.SRI.COM (Ken Harrenstien)
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Subject: Re: An SMTP Question
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Date: 6 Aug 90 23:14:56 GMT
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    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.

Yes, that is exactly what the RFC means.  Correct implementations do exist.

--Ken