when to dot-stuff, dot-strip

["Richard O. Hammer" <RO...@EarthLink.net>]

The code of James, as I have come to know it, follows the directions 
about dot stuffing and dot stripping, in RFC 2821 section 4.5.2 and 
RFC 1939 section 3 paragraph 4.  I believe it is correct.

But, perhaps because my mind froze up decades ago when computer cycles 
mattered, I notice that everything going through my server (an 
offshoot of James) gets dot-stripped when it comes in through SMTP, 
and dot-stuffed again when it goes out through SMTP or POP3 -- BUT I 
NEVER USE IT IN THE DOT-STRIPPED CONDITION.  Why don't I just skip the 
stuffing and stripping entirely?

Now I will need to keep dot-stuffing functionality around, at least 
for use upon my own locally generated messages.  But it looks to me 
like simplification and optimization are possible here, by confining 
dot-stuffing and dot-stripping to those cases where it is ultimately 
necessary.

My questions: Do you agree with this idea?  Have you seen it discussed 
before?

Thanks,
Rich Hammer


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