CRLFDOT (filter)

The CRLFDOT filter is useful for data I/O in such protocols as POP3 and SMTP. In encode mode, this filter replaces each LF ('\n' or ASCII 10) character by CRLF ("\r\n", ASCII 13 10), unless already preceded by a CR, and "byte-stuffs" the input by outputting an additional '.' in front of any '.' appearing at the beginning of a line. Upon closing the filter in this mode, it outputs additional ".\r\n".

When decoding, the reverse is performed: each "\r\n" is replaced by a single '\n', and additional dots are removed from beginning of lines. A single dot on a line by itself marks the end of the stream and causes the filter to return EOF.

See also

• CRLF
• DOT