ActionMailer/SMTP: Net::SMTPSyntaxError when message body contains only a 'dot'

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FYI:

I don't think this is a very well know. It seems that, on some operating systems, ActionMailer/SMTP crashes when it sends an email with only a '.' (aka a 'dot' or a 'period'). Specifically, you get Net::SMTPSyntaxError (502 Error: command not implemented):

Environment Details:

$ uname -a Linux private1 2.6.15-26-server #1 SMP Thu Aug 3 04:09:15 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

$ ruby --version ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux]

$ rails --version Rails 1.1.6

Email Sending Details (example.com used in place of real data):

Sent mail:

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After further investigation, this error occurs when '.' is the last char in the message body and on it's on line, regardless of how much is in the body.

Thus the following message would cause the error: --- start message body Hi.

This is a test with '.' as the last char, on it's own line.

. ---- end message body

I'm sending this to <ruby-core-ctl@ruby-lang.org>, too.

-- Joe