Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!CCD.BBN.COM!dpowles From: dpowles@CCD.BBN.COM ("Drew M. Powles") Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: SMTP question Message-ID: <8707211409.AA05844@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 09:56:28 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8707211409.AA05844 Posted: Tue Jul 21 09:56:28 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 07:32:49 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 14 This may sound like a silly question, but believe me, I have a need. In going through the SMTP spec, there doesn't seem to be any provision for embedding full octets in the body of the message, only seven bit ascii. Is this an artificial limitation? What if I want to use special characters embedded in my text? TCP does provide an eight-bit byte interface. Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences along these lines they could share with me? thanks. Drew M. Powles BBN Communications dpowles@ccd.bbn.com