1) Ignore the "." at the end of the header Field: foobar<CRLF> 2) Loop back and re-read the rest of the message Tony Hansen tony at att.com Hector Santos wrote: > Charles Lindsey wrote: >> >> Consider the example, in DATA format: >> >> Field: foobar<CRLF>. >> <CRLF> >> <CRLF> >> .<CRLF> > > Isn't this mal-formed message? No need to go any futher.