> IMO this is a bug in the mail programs Bo is using. This is a feature/bug of sendmail. Considering the dominance of this program, I would not say it is only "Bo's mail program".
> The dot mechanism should > be completely transparent to the user. kmail has had this bug, too: > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17025 I still do not get it. Who should be responsible for fixing this? Mail client or server? I tried the very basic "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] < a lyx" file on a unix machine (sendmal is used) and the converted file is in my /var/mail/username. Neither MS/OE nor Linux/Mutt convert the dots back . If kde/kmail knows this problem and take the responsiblility to remove the dots, I am wondering why OE/Mutt do not do it. > The proper solution here is of > course toi fix kmail, or would you think that the PDF file format should be > changed to be encoded in plain text to circumvent this problem? There is no easy way to fix the mail servers/clients, so a change in lyx is easier. Afterall, there is a much higher chance in .lyx file to have such dots than a pdf/ps/doc file. (period after citation is quite common). Cheers, Bo
