The curious case of the missing period

When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple

Author

Jakub Chodounsky
May 28, 2024

When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple. One of the emails they sent to a customer was missing a period in the email body. What was more confusing is it only happened to this specific customer, when the same email was sent to a different customer the period was not missing.

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