But I found the mail sent by Outlook does have a blank line before '.'.
Because the mail server cannot fix this bug now. So the only thing I can do
is to modify my code to adapt the server.
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>> But the mail server I use need DATA command like this:
>> DATA
>> my mail data.
>>
>> .
>> It is to say, the '.' need a blank line before it, and after it.
>
> The blank line before the '.' is not required by SMTP. The only
> requirement
> is that the '.' be on a line by itself. If your server requires a blank
> line before the '.' then the server is not compliant with the SMTP rules
> and
> needs to be fixed. A lot of SMTP-enabled clients do not include a blank
> line before the '.'.
>
>> But I found my mail with TIdSmtp's DATA command like this:
>> DATA
>> my mail data.
>> .
>
> As it should be. That is the correct thing to do, under the SMTP rules.
>
>> The mail I sent with TIdSmtp does not have a blank line before the '.'
>
> It is not supposed to.
>
>> so the mail server does not response the DATA command.
>
> The server is wrong. In fact, the server is not supposed to care about
> blank lines at all. As soon as the server receives the DATA command and
> responds to it, it is required by the rules ofSMTP to keep EVERYTHING
> until
> the ending '.' is encountered. Everything between the DATA command and
> the
> ending '.' has to be sent to the recipient(s) as-is, blank lines and all.
> If your server is not doing that, then the server is buggy and needs to be
> fixed.
>
>> Can I insert a blank line before the '.' with TIdSmtp?
>
> The only way to do that is to place an extra blank line at the end of your
> message data in the TIdMessage. However, that will only work if your data
> is being stored in the TIdMessage.Body property, and you have no other
> pieces in the TIdMessage.MessageParts collection. As soon as you use the
> MessageParts collection, you lose control over the format of the data that
> TIdMessage generates to wrap the pieces in an email-friendly manner.
>
>
> Gambit
