Hi,
Has anyone else come across and hopefully found an answer to this?

I'm trying to pick up some mail with Mail::POP3Client, but POP3Client sees a . on it's own on a line as the end of the message, which is happening by chance in some of the mails in the mailbox. I am talking to an Exchange POP3 server. Here is some debug info


POP3 <- valid while stocks last. Photos presented are non-contractual.^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 <- ^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 <- If you do not wish to receive further e-mails from PIXmania.com, please =^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 <- click here <http://mailer.pixmania.com/B9kAXK76flsBAX1JswEAGAAAAF8.html> =^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 <- .^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 -> TOP 65 0^M
at ./readmail.pl line 29
POP3 <- ^M
at ./readmail.pl line 29
POP3 -> DELE 65^M
at ./readmail.pl line 55
POP3 <- Do not hesitate to contact our customer care support via e-mail =^M
at ./readmail.pl line 55
POP3 -> RETR 66^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 <- <http://mailer.pixmania.com/B9kAXK76flsBAX1JswEAGQAAAF8.html>=20^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 -> TOP 66 0^M

notice the
<http://mailer.pixmania.com/B9kAXK76flsBAX1JswEAGAAAAF8.html> =^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 <- .^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 -> TOP 65 0^M
so it's got a .^M assumes the message has ended and sends the next command, but then gets the reply of the next line of the message from the server.

POP3 -> TOP 65 0^M
at ./readmail.pl line 29
POP3 <- ^M
at ./readmail.pl line 29
POP3 -> DELE 65^M
at ./readmail.pl line 55
POP3 <- Do not hesitate to contact our customer care support via e-mail =^M
at ./readmail.pl line 55
POP3 -> RETR 66^M
at ./readmail.pl line 28
POP3 <- <http://mailer.pixmania.com/B9kAXK76flsBAX1JswEAGQAAAF8.html>=20^M
Has anyone else had and found a solution to this problem either by changing the settings on the exchange server or POP3Client?

Thanks very much in advance
Chris

In reply to POP3Client and dots by lawtonca

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