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diff --git a/Doc/lib/email.tex b/Doc/lib/email.tex index 34b8f9d..400ea15 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/email.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/email.tex @@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ including MIME and other \rfc{2822}-based message documents. It subsumes most of the functionality in several older standard modules such as \refmodule{rfc822}, \refmodule{mimetools}, \refmodule{multifile}, and other non-standard packages such as -\module{mimecntl}. +\module{mimecntl}. It is specifically \emph{not} designed to do any +sending of email messages to SMTP (\rfc{2821}) servers; that is the +function of the \refmodule{smtplib} module\footnote{For this reason, +line endings in the \module{email} package are always native line +endings. The \module{smtplib} module is responsible for converting +from native line endings to \rfc{2821} line endings, just as your mail +server would be responsible for converting from \rfc{2821} line +endings to native line endings when it stores messages in a local +mailbox.}. The primary distinguishing feature of the \module{email} package is that it splits the parsing and generating of email messages from the @@ -50,6 +58,10 @@ some auxiliary utilities, and a few examples. For users of the older \module{mimelib} package, from which the \module{email} package is descended, a section on differences and porting is provided. +\begin{seealso} + \seemodule{smtplib}{SMTP protocol client} +\end{seealso} + \subsection{Representing an email message} \input{emailmessage} |