The 'problem' as it relates to RFCs, not to Qmail's implementation, is probably
the original question.
Dave Sill wrote:
> "James Blondin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >The question I have is, and
> >excuse my ignorance if it's something silly: why not just accept the bare
> >linefeeds? From what I can understand in RFC822, there's nothing wrong
> >with bare linefeeds in the body of the messages as long as the headers
> >have all the right CRLFs. From looking through qmail archives and reading
> >a few webpages, all I can find is some reference to the fact that you
> >shouldn't have bare linefeeds after the smtpd process. Anyone have any
> >more specifics about this? Is it to protect mailers that don't know how
> >to interpret bare linefeeds? Or something integral to the MTA?
>
> The problem is simple. If a message contains a bare linefeed, qmail
> will convert it to a premature end-of-line if it resends the
> message. E.g.:
>
> This message consists of one line\012with an embedded linefeed.
>
> Will become:
>
> This message consists of one line
> with an embedded linefeed.
>
> -Dave
