From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-11-15T01:42:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Gateway again (Was: Re: Recursive functions)

Ryan Leavengood wrote:
> On 11/14/05, Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>> I don't think Google is to blame.  The gateway software is more
>> likely to be the culprit: When reading via NNTP these lines are
>> missing, too.  I guess it has something to do with lines that
>> consist only of ".".
>
> I'll venture a guess it has something to do with a single dot alone on
> a line signaling the end of DATA in an SMTP session. Clearly other
> mail agents can handle this, so the gateway needs some tweaking.

I'll join you guessing.  More precisely, I suspect the GW software doesn't
escape those dots when sending a posting from mail to the news side.
Dennis, can you chime in?

Kind regards

    robert