From dd69b0ab6c8ba25b6cdff65df30524411dee3cc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barry Warsaw Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 23:12:52 +0000 Subject: Added a note describing how fp should be opened in binary mode, especially on Windows. Closes SF # 586899. --- Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex index 947c2d3..767b678 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ argument, \var{fp} by the \method{next()} method of the mailbox object. The default is the \class{rfc822.Message} class (see the \refmodule{rfc822} module -- and the note below). +\note{For reasons of this module's internal implementation, you will probably +want to open the \var{fp} object in binary mode. This is especially important +on Windows.} + For maximum portability, messages in a \UNIX-style mailbox are separated by any line that begins exactly with the string \code{'From '} (note the trailing space) if preceded by exactly two newlines. -- cgit v0.12