[Mailman-Developers] Looping digest - mailman bug?

Kaja P. Christiansen kaja@daimi.au.dk
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 17:54:19 +0200


Thomas Wouters writes:

 > Yes. And "\r?\n\.\r?\n" matches that (I forgot to escape the . in my first
 > reply :) Alright, the first '\r?' can be left out, but the second can't. Go
 > ahead and try it; I'm pretty certain "\n.\r\n" will also break off the
 > delivery.

Yes, "\n.\r\n" breaks the delivery as well (with unpatched Sendmail.py).

 > Unless you (or someone else) traced all code
 > paths and see no way for any kind of input to case the message text at that
 > point to contain CR's, I'd prefer to use "\n\.\r?\n", 

Given the alternative, I'd prefer it too :)

Kaja