a dot alone in a line (bug?)

[R Kimber]

On Thu, 18 May 2006 16:32:04 -0400
Tom Anderson <tanderso at oac-design.com> wrote:

> Dominique,
> 
> Typically a dot alone on a line signifies to Sendmail when it is 
> receiving info on STDIN that the message has finished.  This should
> not be the case when dealing with files.  My hunch is that this has 
> something to do with how you're sending/receiving email, not with 
> bogofilter.  Is your mail being delivered through a web form?
> 
> Tom

Interestingly, on my system, if I type a dot alone on a line something
somewhere replaces it with a double dot, presumably for the reason you
give.

..

- Richard
-- 
Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/